Trumping

noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The act by which something is trumped, topped or capped.

    "Employ two revokes, two trumpings of your partner's best card and two ignorings of a call — all in the same hand!"

  2. 2
    (card games) the act of taking a trick with a trump when unable to follow suit wordnet
  3. 3
    The sound of a trumpet. archaic, poetic

    "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!"

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of trump form-of, gerund, participle, present

Synonyms

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"In an era when social media is driving politics and traditional political allegiances are waning, the populist agenda of nationalist pride and cultural grievance is trumping the much more bland and less adventurous managerial problem-solving of the establishment parties."

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