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underruff en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *-tér Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Indo-European *h₂én Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *-dʰi ? Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰí Proto-Indo-European *-ér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰér Proto-Germanic *under Proto-West Germanic *undar Old English under- Middle English under- English under- English ruff English underruff From under- + ruff.

Meanings

1. An act of underruffing

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
underruffs	Number=Plur		lexicographic

Relateds

overruff · ruff

underruff en · VERB

Pronunciation

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Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *-tér Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Indo-European *h₂én Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *-dʰi ? Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰí Proto-Indo-European *-ér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰér Proto-Germanic *under Proto-West Germanic *undar Old English under- Middle English under- English under- English ruff English underruff From under- + ruff.

Meanings

1. To ruff with a trump lower than the trump already played by one's opponent
   • And so, at trick five, when South ruffed a diamond with the board's queen of clubs, East, having a discard to make, found a gorgeous one— he underruffed with seven of trumps! 1973, Fred L. Karpin, The Art of Card Reading at Bridge, →ISBN, page 149:

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
underruffed	Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part		lexicographic
underruffed	Tense=Past		lexicographic
underruffs	Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres		lexicographic
underruffing	Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part		lexicographic

Translations (2)

fr pisser (Translations) · fr faire pipi (Translations)