trump

Examples

• All

• Clubs are trump.

  Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood (2002)

• Luckily, he had a trump card to play.

  The Inbetweeners Movie (2011)

• Ownership is the trump card.

  Amelia (2009)

• Neither side wished to give up all of its trump cards early in the process.

  Academic text (2003)

• If I may say so, I think that's your trump card.

  The Iron Lady (2011)

• Your ignorance is our trump card.

  Rare Birds (2001)

• We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump.

  You Only Live Twice (1967)

• It wouldn't have made sense anyway, because Truman had the trump card, he had the Bomb.

  Bachelorette (2012)

• Proponents of the ban, as well as Trump's base of support, were buoyed by the news.

  Academic text (2017)

• In the game, hearts are the trump suit that can beat all the others.

Synonyms

T

trump card

vstrump

1 3.7

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

includes the entire suit as well as individual cards not only a single card

Compounds

T

trump card

5 3.8

A strong advantage that gives someone a winning edge

N

no-trump

• Jargon

2 8.4

A bridge contract where no card suit beats the others

L

last trump

• Archaic

1 9.9

A final strong action you keep for when nothing else works

T

trump card

1 3.7

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

F

Forrest Trump

• Offensive

9.9

A person who seems simple but says shocking, divisive things

M

mini-Trump

• Offensive

8.7

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

Surface Forms

Etymology