Definition of Trump

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Definition of Trump

Trump

A wind instrument of music; a trumpet, or sound of a trumpet; -- used chiefly in Scripture and poetry.

To blow a trumpet.

A winning card; one of a particular suit (usually determined by chance for each deal) any card of which takes any card of the other suits.

An old game with cards, nearly the same as whist; -- called also ruff.

A good fellow; an excellent person.

To play a trump card when one of another suit has been led.

To play a trump card upon; to take with a trump card; as, she trumped the first trick.

To trick, or impose on; to deceive.

To impose unfairly; to palm off.

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Trump Quotations

Love him or hate him, Trump is a man who is certain about what he wants and sets out to get it, no holds barred. Women find his power almost as much of a turn-on as his money.
Donald Trump

In a situation where many national leaders do the same thing and look out for national interests, and with an issue like global warming, you're likely to get no solution, so I think you have to have some kind of ethical trump on some of those issues.
Peter Singer

I met Donald Trump in '85. I ran into him several times throughout the years. We knew we had this connection, but it wasn't appropriate timing. So we'd spend a lot of time on the telephone. By '88, I knew I truly loved this guy.
Marla Maples

That is, while we believe that cost-benefit analysis is an important tool to inform agency decision making, the results of the cost-benefit analysis do not trump existing law.
Fred Thompson

Jessica Simpson is the youth ambassador for Operation Smile, and an episode of The Apprentice featured a team managing a charity concert she put on. Donald Trump came on stage and pledged a donation.
Roma Downey

Mom thinks I live in this dream world where everybody's Ivana Trump.
Kathie Lee Gifford

Every man may reign secure in his petty tyranny, and spread terror and desolation around him, until the trump of the Archangel shall excite different emotions in his soul.
James Otis

In these negotiations we are not a helpless object, although great world powers are involved. We play an active role and try to influence our destiny; we have our own trump cards and we use them.
Alija Izetbegovic

There is no doubt that our nation's security and defeating terrorism trump all other priorities.
Arlen Specter

It is inappropriate for the Bush administration to trump up a case in which we are ballyhooed into war.
Mike Farrell

Trump Translations

trump in Dutch is troef
trump in French is atout
trump in German is Trumpf
trump in Spanish is triunfo
trump in Swedish is trumf

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