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trump | climate |

As a proper noun trump

is a metonymic occupational name for a trumpeter.

As a noun climate is

(obsolete) an area of the earth's surface between two parallels of latitude.

As a verb climate is

(poetic|obsolete) to dwell.

trump

English

Etymology 1

Possibly from Italian trionfi (triumph(s) ).

Noun

(en noun)
  • (US, in the singular, cards) The suit, in a game of cards, that outranks all others.
  • (British, in the plural, cards) The suit, in a game of cards, that outranks all others.
  • Diamonds were declared trumps .
  • (cards) A playing card of that suit.
  • He played an even higher trump .
  • (figuratively) Something that gives one an advantage, especially one held in reserve.
  • An excellent person; a fine fellow, a good egg.
  • * 1851 ,
  • All hands voted Queequeg a noble trump ; the captain begged his pardon.
  • * Thackeray
  • Alfred is a trump , I think you say.
  • An old card game, almost identical to whist; the game of ruff.
  • (Decker)
  • (in the plural) The major arcana of the tarot
  • A card of the major arcana
  • Verb

    (en verb)
  • (cards) To play a trump (on a card of another suit).
  • He knew the hand was lost when his ace was trumped .
  • (cards) To play a trump, or to take a trick with a trump
  • To get the better of, or finesse, a competitor.
  • * Ben Jonson
  • to trick or trump mankind
  • (dated) To impose unfairly; to palm off.
  • * C. Leslie
  • Authors have been trumped upon us.
  • To supersede.
  • In this election, it would seem issues of national security trumped economic issues.
    Synonyms
    * (To play a trump card on another suit) ruff * (To get the better of a competitor) outsmart
    Coordinate terms
    * (To play a trump card on another suit) underruff, overruff
    Derived terms
    * the last trump * no trump * overtrump * trump card * trump out * trump up * under trump

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) trompe "trumpet" from (etyl) trompe "horn, trump, trumpet", from (etyl) * "trumpet". Akin to (etyl) trumpa, trumba "horn, trumpet", (etyl) tromme "drum", (etyl) trumme "drum". More at (l), (l).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) A trumpet.
  • * Bible, 1 Corinthians 15:52
  • In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To blow a trumpet.
  • (intransitive, slang, UK) To flatulate.
  • And without warning me, as he lay there, he suddenly trumped next to me in bed.

    climate

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) An area of the earth's surface between two parallels of latitude.
  • (obsolete) A region of the Earth.
  • The long-term manifestations of weather and other atmospheric conditions in a given area or country, now usually represented by the statistical summary of its weather conditions during a period long enough to ensure that representative values are obtained (generally 30 years).
  • (figuratively) The context in general of a particular political, moral etc. situation.
  • Industries that require a lot of fossil fuels are unlikely to be popular in the current political climate .
  • * {{quote-news, year=2012, date=November 7, author=Matt Bai, title=Winning a Second Term, Obama Will Confront Familiar Headwinds, work=New York Times citation
  • , passage=In polling by the Pew Research Center in November 2008, fully half the respondents thought the two parties would cooperate more in the coming year, versus only 36 percent who thought the climate would grow more adversarial. }}

    Derived terms

    * acclimate * acclimatise, acclimatize * climate change * political climate

    Verb

    (climat)
  • (poetic, obsolete) To dwell.
  • * 1610 , , V. i. 169:
  • The blessed gods / Purge all infection from our air whilst you / Do climate here!

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