Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

trumping

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.09 in modern English

Syllables: trump-ing
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of trump

noun

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

noun

The sound of a trumpet.

Archaic

Example Sentences

"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!"

Usage

Archaic

Inflected Forms

trumpings (plural)

Synonyms

ruff

Questions

What does trumping mean?: present participle and gerund of trump

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