Trump (?), n. [OE. trumpe,
trompe, F. trompe; probably fr. L. triumphare to
triumph, to exult, hence, probably, to make a joyous sound or noise. See
Triumph, v. i. & n., and cf.
Trombone, Tromp, Trump at cards, Trumpery,
Trumpet, Trunk a proboscis.] A wind instrument of music;
a trumpet, or sound of a trumpet; -- used chiefly in Scripture and
poetry.
We shall all be changed, in a moment, in the twinkling of an
eye, at the last trump.
1 Cor. xv. 51, 52.
The wakeful trump of doom.
Milton.
Trump, v. i. [Cf. OF. tromper. See
Trump a trumpet.] To blow a trumpet. [Obs.] Wyclif
(Matt. vi. 2).
Trump, n. [A corruption of triumph, F.
triomphe. See Triumph, and cf. Trump a trumpet.]
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.
Trump, v. i. [imp. & p. p.
Trumped (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Trumping.]
To play a trump card when one of another suit has been led.
Trump, v. t. To play a trump card upon;
to take with a trump card; as, she trumped the first
trick.
Trump, v. t. [F. tromper to deceive,
in OF., to blow a trumpet, se tromper de to mock. See Trump a
trumpet.] 1. To trick, or impose on; to deceive.
[Obs.] "To trick or trump mankind." B. Jonson.
2. 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.
Trump (?), n. [OE. trumpe,
trompe, F. trompe; probably fr. L. triumphare to
triumph, to exult, hence, probably, to make a joyous sound or noise. See
Triumph, v. i. & n., and cf.
Trombone, Tromp, Trump at cards, Trumpery,
Trumpet, Trunk a proboscis.] A wind instrument of music;
a trumpet, or sound of a trumpet; -- used chiefly in Scripture and
poetry.
We shall all be changed, in a moment, in the twinkling of an
eye, at the last trump.
1 Cor. xv. 51, 52.
The wakeful trump of doom.
Milton.
Trump, v. i. [Cf. OF. tromper. See
Trump a trumpet.] To blow a trumpet. [Obs.] Wyclif
(Matt. vi. 2).
Trump, n. [A corruption of triumph, F.
triomphe. See Triumph, and cf. Trump a trumpet.]
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.
Trump, v. i. [imp. & p. p.
Trumped (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Trumping.]
To play a trump card when one of another suit has been led.
Trump, v. t. To play a trump card upon;
to take with a trump card; as, she trumped the first
trick.
Trump, v. t. [F. tromper to deceive,
in OF., to blow a trumpet, se tromper de to mock. See Trump a
trumpet.] 1. To trick, or impose on; to deceive.
[Obs.] "To trick or trump mankind." B. Jonson.
2. 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.
