Trump-card

  • 61trump — n. winning card 1) to play a trump final resource 2) to have a trump up one s sleeve * * * [trʌmp] [ final resource ] to have a trump up one s sleeve [ winning card ] to play a trump …

    Combinatory dictionary

  • 62trump — {{11}}trump (n.1) playing card of a suit ranking above others, 1520s, alteration of TRIUMPH (Cf. triumph), name of a card game. The verb meaning surpass, beat is attested from 1580s. Related: Trumped; trumping. {{12}}trump (n.2) trumpet, c.1300,… …

    Etymology dictionary

  • 63trump — noun TRUMP + NOUN ▪ card (often figurative) ▪ Thailand s trump cards are its beaches. ▪ suit Trump is used before these nouns: ↑card …

    Collocations dictionary

  • 64Trump Suit — A suit selected, under the rules of the game, which then ranks higher than any other (non trump) suit in winning tricks; any card of the trump suit is higher than any other card of a non trump suit …

    The official rules of card games glossary

  • 65Trump squeeze — In contract bridge, the trump squeeze is a variant of the simple squeeze. (Squeezes are techniques in this game to gain extra tricks.)In a trump squeeze, declarer has a suit that can be established by ruffing, but the defender being squeezed is… …

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  • 66card — card1 [ kard ] noun *** ▸ 1 for paying/getting money ▸ 2 with information ▸ 3 for sending greetings ▸ 4 for playing games ▸ 5 something giving an advantage ▸ 6 in a computer ▸ 7 someone who makes you laugh ▸ 8 thick stiff paper ▸ + PHRASES 1. )… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 67card — I UK [kɑː(r)d] / US [kɑrd] noun Word forms card : singular card plural cards *** 1) [uncountable] British thick stiff paper, thinner than cardboard 2) a) [countable] a piece of thick stiff paper folded into two equal parts, with a picture and a… …

    English dictionary

  • 68trump — 1. noun /tɹʌmp/ a) The suit, in a game of cards, that outranks all others. Diamonds were declared trumps. b) The suit, in a game …

    Wiktionary

  • 69The Magician (Tarot card) — card, often numbered 0. Iconography In French, the Magician is called Le Bateleur , the mountebank or the sleight of hand artist , a practitioner of stage magic. The Italian tradition calls him Il Bagatto or Il Bagatello , words of uncertain… …

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  • 70card — Synonyms and related words: ID card, ace, act, agenda, badge, batting order, behave, best bower, bill, bill of fare, binding twine, blueprint, bower, budget, bulletin board, cable, calendar, calligram, calling card, cards, carte du jour, catalog… …

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