Trump-card
51Trump — 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. [1913… …
52trump — ► NOUN 1) (in bridge, whist, etc.) a playing card of the suit chosen to rank above the others, which can win a trick where a card of a different suit has been led. 2) a valuable resource that may be used, especially as a surprise, to gain an… …
53Trump promotion — is a technique in contract bridge where the defenders create an otherwise non existing trump trick for themselves. The most common type of trump promotion occurs when one defender plays a side suit through, in which both the declarer s hand and… …
54trump — I. /trʌmp / (say trump) noun 1. Cards a. any playing card of a suit that for the time outranks the other suits, such a card being able to take any card of another suit. b. (plural, US sometimes singular) the suit itself. c. a tarot card not… …
55Trump virus — The Trump Virus is a fictional virus from the Wild Cards anthology series.It is developed as a counter agent for the mutagenic Wild Card virus by Dr. Tachyon, who helped develop the original Wild Card virus. The Trump has limited success as a… …
56Trump coup — The trump coup is a contract bridge coup used when the hand on lead (typically the dummy) has no trumps remaining, while the next hand in rotation has only trumps, including a high one that would have been onside for a direct finesse if a trump… …
57trump — trump1 trumpless, adj. /trump/, n. 1. Cards. a. any playing card of a suit that for the time outranks the other suits, such a card being able to take any card of another suit. b. Often, trumps. (used with a sing. v.) the suit itself. 2. Informal …
58trump — I [[t]trʌmp[/t]] n. 1) gam a) any playing card of a suit that for the time outranks the other suits, such a card being able to take any card of another suit b) Often, trumps. (used with a sing. v.) the suit itself 2) inf Informal. a fine person;… …
59trump — 1 noun (C) 1 a card from the suit (=one of the four types of card in a set) that has been chosen to have a higher value than the other suits in a particular game 2 trumps (plural) also trump AmE the suit 1 (3) chosen to have a higher value than… …
60Card reading (bridge) — Counting the hand includes tracking *the distribution of suits *high cards in the opponents handsusing inferences from the bidding and play.There are two simple but basic rules when you count: *the total number of cards in each suit is thirteen… …
