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Meaning:

Noun:

  • A playing card of that suit.
  • in plural The suit, in a game of cards, that outranks all others.
  • colloquial|now|_|rare An excellent person; a fine fellow, a good egg.
  • figurative Something that gives one an advantage, especially one held in reserve.
  • obsolete A trumpet.
  • singular The suit, in a game of cards, that outranks all others.

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Proper noun:

  • dot=, a metonymic occupational name for a trumpeter

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Verb:

  • intransitive To play a trump, or to take a trick with a trump; to ruff.
  • transitive To get the better of, or finesse, a competitor.
  • transitive To play a trump (on a card of another suit).
  • transitive To supersede.

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