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overruff en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- English ruff English overruff From over- + ruff.

Meanings

  1. An act of overruffing.
    • Declarer eventually lost one heart, two diamonds and the club overruff for plus 110 to win the board and leapfrog his team from third to second. 2009 January 3, Phillip Alder, “What to Bid Next? That Depends on the Game You’re Playing”, Bridge, in New York Times:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
overruffs Number=Plur lexicographic

overruff en · VERB

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- English ruff English overruff From over- + ruff.

Meanings

  1. To ruff with a higher trump following a prior ruff on the same trick.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
overruffs Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
overruffing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
overruffed Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
overruffed Tense=Past lexicographic

Antonyms

underruff

Synonyms

overtrump

Translations (4)

de überstechen (ruff with a higher trump) · bg надцаквам (ruff with a higher trump) · ca retrumfar (ruff with a higher trump) · fr surcouper (ruff with a higher trump)