[trʌmp], (Noun)

Definitions:
- (in bridge, whist, and similar card games) 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
(e.g: declarer ruffs the opening lead and plays a trump)

- a helpful or admirable person
(e.g: Spencer's doctor is a trump—I am like a new man)


Phrases:
- come up trumps

Origin:
early 16th century: alteration of triumph, once used in card games in the same sense

[trʌmp], (Verb)

Definitions:
- (in bridge, whist, and similar card games) play a trump on (a card of another suit)
(e.g: why on earth did you trump my ace?)

- surpass (something) by saying or doing something better
(e.g: taste trumps most if not all other factors when consumers choose food products)


Phrases:
- come up trumps

Origin:
early 16th century: alteration of triumph, once used in card games in the same sense

[trʌmp], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a trumpet or a trumpet blast
(e.g: would these pitiful dead not rise at the first blast of the trump?)


Phrases:

Origin:
Middle English: from Old French trompe, of Germanic origin; probably imitative

[trʌmp], (Verb)

Definitions:
- break wind audibly
(e.g: someone just trumped in a crowded lift)


Phrases:

Origin:
Middle English: from Old French trompe, of Germanic origin; probably imitative