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to crossruff

to crossruff

1 9.9
To play trump cards from each hand in turn to win tricks in card games
  • verb
  • Jargon
: cruzar
  • They began crossruffing immediately after winning the lead.

Examples

  • They decided to crossruff to secure their win.

  • She expertly crossruffed to defeat the contract.

  • To maximize their tricks, they decided to crossruff the remaining suits.

  • During the game, we crossruffed several tricks.

  • In the final hand of the game, I decided to crossruff to ensure we won tricks with both of my trump cards.

  • During the match, we used a crossruff strategy to maximize our chances of taking more tricks.

  • To defeat our opponents, we had to crossruff effectively using the trumps from both hands.

Surface Forms

crossruff infinitive
crossruffing present participle
crossruffs third person singular
crossruft past
crossruft past participle

Morphology

crossruff = cross + ruff (semi-transparent) = cross + ruff

The meaning is compositionally cross + ruff (to alternate ruffs), but 'ruff' is specialized jargon, so the compound is clear to card players but not to general learners.

Etymology

The word crossruff comes from cross ('across' or 'between') and the card word ruff ('to play a trump to win a trick'). So to crossruff is to alternately use trumps in each hand to win tricks.