Main Entry: trump
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English trompe, from Anglo-French trumpe, of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German trumba, trumpa trumpet
Date: 14th century

1 a : TRUMPET b chiefly Scottish : JEW'S HARP
2 : a sound of or as if of trumpeting *the trump of doom*

Main Entry: trump
Function: noun
Etymology: alteration of 1triumph
Date: 1529

1 a : a card of a suit any of whose cards will win over a card that is not of this suit — called also trump card b : the suit whose cards are trumps for a particular hand — often used in plural
2 : a decisive overriding factor or final resource — called also trump card
3 : a dependable and exemplary person

Main Entry: trump
Function: verb
Date: 1586

transitive verb
1 : to get the better of : OVERRIDE *where ambition invariably trumps loyalty — Michael Kramer*
2 : to play a trump on (a card or trick) when another suit was led
intransitive verb : to play a trump when another suit was led

Main Entry: no-trump
Function: adjective
Date: 1902

: being a bid, contract, or hand suitable to play without any suit being trumps
–no*trump noun

Main Entry: trump up
Function: transitive verb
Date: 1695

1 : to concoct especially with intent to deceive : FABRICATE, INVENT
2 archaic : to cite as support for an action or claim