trumping

1 7.5

Using a trump card to win a trick when you cannot play the same suit

noun
/ˈtrʌmpɪŋ/

Jargon

: triunfo

Her strategy involved trumping his best card, sealing her victory.

Examples

For some patients (and their lawyers), it was about cost saving trumping quality.

Blog text (10)
Second, I fear this kind of thinking might lead too many military professionals to think (however wrongly) that public sentiment is the sole (or at least "trumping") source of all their moral obligations.

Academic text (1997)
And Loreno's emotional, harrowing child trafficking drama is a prime example of theme and narrative trumping budget, with a moving father-son dynamic anchoring the entire film.

Blog text (9)
In the card game, he won the round by trumping her hearts with a spade.
During the match, he demonstrated his skill by trumping each opponent's play effortlessly.

Synonyms

ruff

vstrumping

Jargon

9.9

Playing a trump card to win a trick when you cannot follow suit

is the general descriptive phrase rather than the single-word technical term

Surface Forms

trumping singular

trumpings plural

Morphology

trumping = trump (transparent) = trump + ing

The noun is formed regularly from the verb 'trump' with -ing, so the meaning 'the act of trumping' is directly compositional.

Etymology

The word trumping comes from trump, a word that once meant a 'triumph' and is linked to the loud trumpet used at celebrations. In card games a trump card could beat other cards, so trumping means playing that winning card to take the trick.