trump

/trʌmp/

US pronunciation

American sound/trʌmp/

trump

Syllables: 1 syllable
Stress: One strong syllable
Vowel: Short u vowel
Ending: Clear final sound

US voice -> trump

Full entry

(ဖဲကစားနည်းအချို့၌) နိုင်ဖဲ၊ ဝှက်ဖဲ။ Hearts are trumps. ❍ He took my ace with a low trump.
v
၁။ ~ sth (with sth) (နိုင်ဖဲဖြင့်) ကျယ်သည်။ She trumped my ace (with a six).
၂။ သူ့ထက်တစ်ပန်းသာအောင် လုပ်သည်။ They were trumped by another firm that made a higher offer.
❏ come/ turn up trumps [IDM ] (infml )
၁။ တကယ့်အားကိုးအားထားစရာဖြစ်သည်။ Nobody else in the family gave anything for the raffle, but my sister came up trumps.
၂။ အထူးအစွမ်းပြ နိုင်ခဲ့သည်။ The team turned up trumps on the day.
❏ trump card n
(က) = TRUMP n
(ခ) [ဥ] နိုင်ဖဲ။ ဝှက်ဖဲ။ အညှာ။ Our rivals seem to hold all the trump cards. ❍ Finally she played her trump card and threatened to resign.
❏ trump sth up [PHRV ] (usu passive) ဉာဏ်ဆင်သည်။ အကွက်ဆင်သည်။ arrested on a trumped-up charge.

More examples

‘If a trump is led, the other players may play any cards, and if several trumps are played to a trick the last one wins.’
‘The player to the left of the dealer has the choice of playing with the given trump or passing.’
‘In this case it is illegal for any player to a play a trump on the first trick.’
‘The winner of the first trick must lead a trump to the second trick if he holds one.’
‘The suit of the card led by the pitcher to the first trick becomes trumps for that deal.’
‘If no one plays a trump, then the highest ranking card to the suit led wins the book.’
‘In scenario 3, if a person with 5 trumps has the Ace of trump, she starts.’
‘Your opponent has only one card left and you know it is the ace of trumps.’
‘There are five honours, viz: - Ace, King, Queen, Knave and Ten, if trumps are declared.’
‘After the cut, the bottom card of the pack is shown to everyone and its suit is trumps.’
‘After the deal the First player (sitting to the left of the dealer) declares how many of the six possible tricks he undertakes to win, and also chooses the trump suit or declares that the game will be played without trumps.’
‘The Fool can be looked at as either the first of the tarot trumps… or the last.’
‘Enchanters epitomize the tarot trump of ‘the fool’ relying on luck and intuition to guide their way.’
‘In the greater arcana of the tarot, Mercury is always associated with the first trump, the Magus or Juggler - names which sum up the extremes of the planet, sage and trickster.’
‘If using tarot cards, the trump suits of both decks are removed except for a single copy of The Fool.’
‘The modern tarot pack comes from an Italian tarrochi deck with 22 trumps.’
‘Triumphantly, Vince plays his trump card: he has captured Jon's admission on tape.’
‘Which brings us to his third trump card: his incredible facility with words.’
‘The trump card is nostalgia, but is that enough to carry a film?’
‘However, the Beagle 2 team still has a trump card to play, Mars Express.’

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