Noun
The act by which something is trumped, topped or capped.
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Employ two revokes, two trumpings of your partner's best card and two ignorings of a call — all in the same hand!
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To describe an oddball combination like 'Frolf' as a 'marriage of Frisbee and Golf' is to open yourself to trumpings of the form 'yeah, a shotgun marriage', 'a broken marriage', or depending on your politics, a 'gay marriage'.
The sound of a trumpet.
Usage- Archaic
- Poetic
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1861-1868, Frank Moore, The Rebellion Record We list to the trumpings that herald the storm, To the roll of the drum, and the order to form!
Noun
(card games) the act of taking a trick with a trump when unable to follow suit
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