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Overruff vs Crossruff - What's the difference?

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Crossruff is a related term of overruff.



In bridge terms the difference between overruff and crossruff

is that overruff is an act of overruffing while crossruff is a play in which tricks are taken by taking alternate ruffs in each hand.

overruff

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • (bridge) To ruff with a higher trump following a prior ruff on the same trick

    • Synonyms

    * overtrump

    Antonyms

    * underruff

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (bridge) An act of
  • * {{quote-news, 2009, January 3, Phillip Alder, What to Bid Next? That Depends on the Game You’re Playing, New York Times citation
    • , passage=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. }}

    See also

    * (Contract bridge glossary)

    crossruff

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (bridge) A play in which tricks are taken by taking alternate ruffs in each hand
  • *{{quote-news, 2009, January 8, Phillip Alder, Part 1 of an Experiment, Ending in a Trump Coup, New York Times citation
    • , passage=When West discarded a club, South could have won with dummy's ace and played on crossruff lines. }}

    Related terms

    *overruff *ruff *underruff

    See also

    *

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To execute a crossruff