trump up

trump up
index fabricate (make up), frame (prearrange), invent (falsify), misrepresent, palter, perjure

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  • Trump — card redirects here. For the game show, see Trump Card (game show). For other uses, see Trump (disambiguation). A trump is a playing card which is elevated above its normal rank in trick taking games. Typically an entire suit is nominated as a… …   Wikipedia

  • Trump — ist der Familienname folgender Personen: Donald Trump (* 1946), US amerikanischer Unternehmer Georg Trump (1896–1985), deutscher Grafiker Ivana Trump (* 1949), US amerikanische Unternehmerin und Model Ivanka Trump (* 1981), US amerikanisches… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • trump — trump1 [trump] n. [altered < TRIUMPH] 1. any playing card of a suit that ranks higher than any other suit during the playing of a hand: a trump can take any card of any other suit 2. [occas. pl., with sing. v.] a suit of trumps 3. any… …   English World dictionary

  • Trump — Trump, v. t. [F. tromper to deceive, in OF., to blow a trumpet, se tromper de to mock. See {Trump} a trumpet.] 1. To trick, or impose on; to deceive. [Obs.] To trick or trump mankind. B. Jonson. [1913 Webster] 2. To impose unfairly; to palm off.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Trump — Trump, n. [OE. trumpe, trompe, F. trompe; probably fr. L. triumphare to triumph, to exult, hence, probably, to make a joyous sound or noise. See {Triumph}, v. i. & n., and cf. {Trombone}, {Tromp}, {Trump} at cards, {Trumpery}, {Trumpet}, {Trunk}… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Trump — Trump, n. [A corruption of triumph, F. triomphe. See {Triumph}, and cf. {Trump} a trumpet.] 1. 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. [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Trump — Trump, v. t. To play a trump card upon; to take with a trump card; as, she trumped the first trick. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Trump — Trump, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Trumped}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Trumping}.] To play a trump card when one of another suit has been led. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Trump — Trump, v. i. [Cf. OF. tromper. See {Trump} a trumpet.] To blow a trumpet. [Obs.] Wyclif (Matt. vi. 2). [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • trump — ► NOUN 1) (in bridge, whist, etc.) a playing card of the suit chosen to rank above the others, which can win a trick where a card of a different suit has been led. 2) a valuable resource that may be used, especially as a surprise, to gain an… …   English terms dictionary

  • Trump — Trump, so v.w. Trompetenvogel …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

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