Tra từ trump - Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

trump [trump trumps trumped trumping] noun, verb BrE [trʌmp] NAmE [trʌmp]
noun
1. (also ˈtrump card)countable (in some card games) a card that belongs to the ↑suit (= one of the four sets in a ↑pack of cards) that has been chosen for a particular game to have a higher value than the other three suits
•I played a trump and won the trick.
2. trumpsuncountable + singular or plural verb (in some card games) the ↑suit that has been chosen for a particular game to have a higher value than the other three suits
•What's trumps?
•Clubs are trumps.

Word Origin:
early 16th cent.: alteration of ↑triumph, once used in card games in the same sense.
Idiom: ↑come up up trumps
Derived: ↑trump something up

verb
1. ~ sth (with sth) (in some card games)to play a ↑trump card that beats sb else's card
2. ~ sth/sb to beat sth that sb says or does by saying or doing sth even better
•They were trumped by another firm that made a lower bid.
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Word Origin:
early 16th cent.: alteration of ↑triumph, once used in card games in the same sense.

See also: ↑trump card