| trump | (noun) a playing card in the suit that has been declared trumps | Synonyms: trump card |
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| (noun) a brass musical instrument with a brilliant tone; has a narrow tube and a flared bell and is played by means of valves | Synonyms: cornet, horn, trumpet |
| (noun) (card games) the suit that has been declared to rank above all other suits for the duration of the hand | - |
| (verb) proclaim or announce with or as if with a fanfare | Synonyms: trump out |
| (verb) get the better of | Synonyms: best, outdo, outflank, scoop |
| (verb) play a trump | Synonyms: ruff |
| (verb) produce a sound as if from a trumpet | - |
| trumpery | (noun) ornamental objects of no great value | Synonyms: falderol, folderal, frill, gimcrack, gimcrackery, nonsense |
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| (noun) nonsensical talk or writing | Synonyms: applesauce, codswallop, folderol, rubbish, trash, tripe, wish-wash |
| trumpet | (noun) a brass musical instrument with a brilliant tone; has a narrow tube and a flared bell and is played by means of valves | Synonyms: cornet, horn, trump |
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| (verb) proclaim on, or as if on, a trumpet | - |
| (verb) utter in trumpet-like sounds | - |
| (verb) play or blow on the trumpet | - |
| trumpeter | (noun) large gregarious crane-like bird of the forests of South America having glossy black plumage and a loud prolonged cry; easily domesticated | - |
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| (noun) large pure white wild swan of western North America having a sonorous cry | Synonyms: Cygnus buccinator, trumpeter swan |
| (noun) a musician who plays the trumpet or cornet | Synonyms: cornetist |
| (noun) (formal) a person who announces important news | Synonyms: herald |
| trumpetfish | (noun) tropical Atlantic fish with a long snout; swims snout down | Synonyms: Aulostomus maculatus |
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| trumpets | (noun) pitcher plant of southeastern United States having erect yellow trumpet-shaped pitchers with wide mouths and erect lids | Synonyms: huntsman's horn, huntsman's horns, Sarracenia flava, yellow pitcher plant, yellow trumpet |
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| trumpetwood | (noun) tropical American tree with large peltate leaves and hollow stems | Synonyms: Cecropia peltata, imbauba, snake wood, trumpet-wood, trumpet tree |
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| trumping | (noun) (card games) the act of taking a trick with a trump when unable to follow suit | Synonyms: ruff |
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