noun
Meaning 1
An act of overruffing.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: bridge, games
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
overruff
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verb
Meaning 2
To ruff with a higher trump following a prior ruff on the same trick.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: bridge, games
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History
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.
Across languages
Translations
4 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: надцаквам (nadcakvam) — ruff with a higher trump
- Catalan: retrumfar — ruff with a higher trump
- French: surcouper — ruff with a higher trump
- German: überstechen — ruff with a higher trump