Meaning of Trumping | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The act by which something is trumped, topped or capped.
2. The sound of a trumpet.
   archaic, poetic

Equivalents

Examples

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

“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'.”

“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⟳!”

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