trumping

verb

  1. 1

    To play on (a card of another suit) with a trump.

    “He knew the hand was lost when his ace was trumped.”
  2. 2

    To play a trump, or to take a trick with a trump.

  3. 3

    To get the better of, or finesse, a competitor.

  4. 4

    To impose unfairly; to palm off.

  5. 5

    To supersede.

    “In this election, it would seem issues of national security trumped economic issues.”
  6. 6

    To outweigh; be stronger, greater, bigger than or in other way superior to.

Synonyms

verb

  1. 1

    To blow a trumpet.

  2. 2

    To flatulate.

    “And without warning me, as he lay there, he suddenly trumped next to me in bed.”

noun

  1. 1

    The act by which something is trumped, topped or capped.

  2. 2

    The sound of a trumpet.

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