Definition

noun

A musical instrument consisting of a flexible metal or bamboo “tongue” attached to a frame. This tongue is placed in the performer’s mouth and plucked with the finger to produce a note of constant pitch. Melodies can be created by changing the shape of the mouth and causing different overtones.

noun

The suit, in a game of cards, that outranks all others.
“Diamonds were declared trump(s).”
A playing card of that suit.
“He played an even higher trump.”
Something that gives one an advantage, especially one held in reserve.
An excellent person; a fine fellow, a good egg.
An old card game, almost identical to whist; the game of ruff.

verb

To play on (a card of another suit) with a trump.
“He knew the hand was lost when his ace was trumped.”
To play a trump, or to take a trick with a trump.
To get the better of, or finesse, a competitor.
To impose unfairly; to palm off.
To supersede.
“In this election, it would seem issues of national security trumped economic issues.”

noun