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1. (card games) the act of taking a trick with a trump when unable to follow suit
   - ruff

1. Get the better of
   "the goal was to trump the competition";
   - outdo, outflank, best, outgun
    
2. (card game) play a trump
   - ruff
    
3. Proclaim or announce with or as if with a fanfare
   - trump out
    
4. [archaic] Produce a sound as if from a trumpet

Derived forms: trumpings

Type of: announce, beat, beat out, crush, denote, go, move, play, shell, sound, trounce, turn, vanquish

Part of: bridge

Encyclopedia: Trumping