trump
trump is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 7 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.A winning card; one of a particular suit (usually determined by chance for each deal) any card of which takes any card of the other suits.
- 2.An old game with cards, nearly the same as whist; -- called also ruff. Decker.
- 3.A good fellow; an excellent person. [Slang] Alfred is a trump, I think you say. Thackeray. To put to one's trumps, or To put on one's trumps, to force to the last expedient, or to the utmost exertion. But when kings come so low as to fawn upon philosophy, which before they neither valued nor understood, it is a sign that fails not, they are then put to their last trump. Milton. Put the housekeeper to her trumps to accommodate them. W. Irving.
- 4.To play a trump card when one of another suit has been led.
- 5.To play a trump card upon; to take with a trump card; as, she trumped the first trick.
- 6.To trick, or impose on; to deceive. [Obs.] "To trick or trump mankind." B. Jonson.
- 7.To impose unfairly; to palm off. Authors have been trumped upon us. C. Leslie. To trump up, to devise; to collect with unfairness; to fabricate; as, to trump up a charge.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- among
- and
- angel
- benefactor
- brick
- community
- demigod
- diamond
- duckling
- earth
- example
- fellow
- gem
- gentleman
- good
- hero
- heroine
- honest
- innocent
- jewel
- lady
- liver
- man
- men
- million
- model
- noble
- one
- paragon
- pattern
- perfect
- perfection
- philanthropist
- piety
- pillar
- prince
- rough
- saint
- salt
- scholar
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is trump.
- What is a winning card; one of a particular suit (usually determined by chance for each deal) any card of which takes any card of the other suits called?
- What is an old game with cards, nearly the same as whist; -- called also ruff. Decker called?
- What is to play a trump card when one of another suit has been led called?
- What is to play a trump card upon; to take with a trump card; as, she trumped the first trick called?
- What is to trick, or impose on; to deceive. [Obs.] "To trick or trump mankind." B. Jonson called?
- What is to impose unfairly; to palm off. Authors have been trumped upon us. C. Leslie. To trump up, to devise; to collect with unfairness; to fabricate; as, to trump up a charge called?
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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