🏆 To defeat 🃏 A winning card 📢 To announce loudly 🃏 To play a winning card 🐘 To make a sound

to trump

1 8.6

Make a loud trumpet sound like an elephant

verb
/trʌmp/

: trompetear

Synonyms

to trumpet

vsto trump

22 3.9

Make a loud, high sound like an elephant or loudly say something to show pride

is limited to animals and not used for human announcements

Phrasal Verbs

to trump up

19 8.6

To make a false story to accuse someone unfairly

to trump out

Informal

1 8.4

Announce something loudly and proudly to get attention

Compounds

trump card

11 3.8

A strong advantage that gives someone a winning edge

no-trump

Jargon

1 8.4

A bridge contract where no card suit beats the others

last trump

Archaic

1 9.9

A final strong action you keep for when nothing else works

mini-Trump

Offensive

1 8.7

A person who acts like Donald Trump in style and speech but on a smaller scale

trump card

1 3.7

A playing card from the special suit chosen that beats cards of other suits

Forrest Trump

Offensive

9.9

A person who seems simple but says shocking, divisive things

How Loud

to blare

39 3.8

to trump

1 8.6

call

113 1.0

chirp

12 1.6

Surface Forms

trump infinitive

trumped past

trumped past participle

trumping present participle

trumps third person singular

Etymology

Trump for an animal comes from the word trumpet, which means 'a loud brass instrument', so to trump is to make a trumpet-like sound, as an elephant does.