Transcription
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [truhmp kahrd]
- /trʌmp kɑrd/
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [truhmp kahrd]
- /trʌmp kɑrd/
Definitions of trump card words
- noun trump card Cards. trump1 (def 1a). 1
- noun trump card Informal. something that gives one person or group the advantage over another: The surprise witness was his trump card. 1
- noun trump card playing card that gives an advantage 1
- noun trump card sth that gives sb an advantage 1
- noun trump card your trump card is something powerful that you can use or do, which gives you an advantage over someone 0
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Origin of trump card
First appearance:
before 1815 One of the 39% newest English words
First recorded in 1815-25
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Parts of speech for Trump card
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
trump card popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 34% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data about 70% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.
trump card usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for trump card
noun trump card
- ace in the hole — Something that is an ace in the hole is an advantage which you have over an opponent or rival, and which you can use if necessary.
- ace up one's sleeve — a playing card or die marked with or having the value indicated by a single spot: He dealt me four aces in the first hand.
- card up one's sleeve — a plan or resource kept secret or held in reserve
- last resort — desperate recourse
- leg up — either of the two lower limbs of a biped, as a human being, or any of the paired limbs of an animal, arthropod, etc., that support and move the body.
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