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Definition: Trumping |
TrumpingNoun1. (cards) the act of taking a trick with a trump when unable to follow suit. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonym: TrumpingSynonym: ruff (n). (additional references) |
| Synonym by domain: Teller Register Unit Monitoring Program (computing). |
| "Trumping" is generally used as a lexical verb (-ing form) -- approximately 71.43% of the time. "Trumping" is used about 7 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (-ing form) | 71.43% | 5 | 157,705 |
| Noun (singular) | 28.57% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 7 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "trumping": trumping-feeling. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "trumping"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||
German | trumpfend. (various references) | ||||
Pig Latin | umpingtray | ||||
| Language | Date | Source | Job Chapter 39, Verse 24 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Kai orgh afaniei thn ghn kai ou mh pisteush ewV an shmanh salpigx |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Fervens et fremens sorbet terram nec reputat tubae sonare clangorem |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | Feruent and gnastende he soupeth the erthe; and rewarde he not to the trumpe sounende trumping. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | He swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage: neither believeth he that it is the sound of the trumpet. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | He is stamping with joy in the valley; he makes sport of fear. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Job Chapter 39, Verse 24 |
| Albanian | Me zjarr dhe vrull i zhduk distancat dhe nuk qëndron në vend kur bie buria. |
| Cebuano | Iyang itulon ang yuta tungod sa kabangis ug kaligutgut; Ni motagad siya sa tingog sa trompeta. |
| Croatian | Bijesan i nestrpljiv guta prostore; kad rog zasvira, tko æe ga zadržat': |
| Danish | Den skraber muntert i Dalen, går Brynjen væligt i Møde; |
| Finnish | Se kuopii lakeutta ja iloitsee, lähtee voimalla asevarustuksia vastaan. |
| German | Es zittert und tobt und scharrt in die Erde und läßt sich nicht halten bei der Drommete Hall. |
| Haitian Creole | Yo eksite, yo pa ka tann. Y'ap kouri sou lènmi an. Lè yo tande twonpèt la soufle, yo pa ka rete an plas. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Dengan semangat menyala-nyala kuda itu berlari; bila trompet berbunyi tak dapat ia menahan diri. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Dengan kukunya dikoreknya tanah, disukainya akan kuatnya, maka keluarlah ia menampil kepada segala alat senjata musuh; |
| Maori | E horomia ana e ia te whenua, me te ngangau me te riri; kahore ia i te whakapono ko te reo tera o te tetere. |
| Norwegian | Den skraper i jorden og gleder sig ved sin kraft; så farer den frem mot væbnede skarer. |
| Portuguese | Tremendo e enfurecido devora a terra, e não se contém ao som da trombeta. |
| Rumanian | fierbe de aprindere, mqnkncq pqmkntul, n`are astkmpqr cknd rqsunq trkmbiya. |
| Russian | Ч ПТЩЧЕ Й СТПУФЙ ПО ЗМПФБЕФ ЪЕНМА Й ОЕ НПЦЕФ УФПСФШ ТЙ ЪЧХЛЕ ФТХ'Щ; |
| Spanish | Con estrépito y furor devora la distancia y no se detiene aunque suene la corneta. |
| Swedish | Han skrapar marken och fröjdar sig i sin kraft och rusar så fram mot väpnade skaror. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words ending with "trumping": outtrumping, overtrumping. (additional references) | |
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"Trumping" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: trunking, Truprint, turming. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "g-i-m-n-p-r-t-u" | |
-1 letter: tumping. | |
-2 letters: impugn, muring, muting, pignut, truing, turnip, umping, ungirt, untrim, upgirt. | |
-3 letters: gript, grump, grunt, input, print, purin, ruing, rutin, trump, unrig, unrip. | |
-4 letters: gimp, girn, girt, grim, grin, grip, grit, grum, mint, muni, ping, pint, pirn, prig, prim, pung, punt, puri, ring, ruin, rump, rung, runt, ting, trig, trim, trip, trug, tump. | |
| Words containing the letters "g-i-m-n-p-r-t-u" | |
+1 letter: permuting. | |
+2 letters: triumphing, trumpeting. | |
+3 letters: importuning, outtrumping, recomputing. | |
+4 letters: compurgation, multipronged, outpromising, overtrumping, precomputing, promulgating, promulgation. | |
+5 letters: compurgations, computerising, computerizing, mousetrapping, outperforming, perambulating, prefigurement, primogeniture, promulgations. | |
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