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UK
/tɹˈʌmpɪŋ/
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NOUN
- (card games) the act of taking a trick with a trump when unable to follow suit
How To Use trumping In A Sentence
- Their goal is to create a car capable of trumping its gasoline-powered counterpart by 2010.
- This is possible because of the trumping rule, which is different from that in whist or bridge.
- The closure of the firm's multimillion research operation in Trumpington, Cambridge, is expected to result in the loss of up to 80 highly skilled jobs.
- Easily trumping both Musha and Necker at 1, 000 square acres, Parrot Cay (formerly named Pirate Cay, before the owners thought better of it) is only accessible by boat, so yacht owners are preferred.
- You can score one for intelligence in terms of trumping the natural unintelligent forces of the universe.
- Is the no-strings-attached nature of an online sex site trumping the need for an emotional connection these days?
- Having bid ulti, the declarer is obliged to keep the 7 of trumps as long as is legally possible, subject to the rules of following suit and trumping when void.
- If you are trumping in, and there is a possibility of being overtrumped, trump with at least a Jack so that the fourth player cannot win with a Fox or 10 of trumps.
- This includes trumping or overtrumping if you can not follow suit.
- Learn about trumping side suits with expert tips and advice on pinochle strategy and game play in this free video clip on card games.