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crossruff en · NOUN

Etymology

From cross- + ruff.

Meanings

  1. A play in which tricks are taken by taking alternate ruffs in each hand
    • When West discarded a club, South could have won with dummy's ace and played on crossruff lines. 2009 January 8, Phillip Alder, “Part 1 of an Experiment, Ending in a Trump Coup”, Bridge, in New York Times:

Forms

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crossruffs Number=Plur lexicographic

Relateds

underruff · overruff · ruff

crossruff en · VERB

Etymology

From cross- + ruff.

Meanings

  1. To execute a play of this kind.

Forms

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crossruffs Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
crossruffing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
crossruffed Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
crossruffed Tense=Past lexicographic