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crossruff

crossruff noun: a play in which tricks are taken by taking alternate ruffs in each hand.

Noun

crossruff (plural crossruffs)

  1. A play in which tricks are taken by taking alternate ruffs in each hand
    • When West discarded a club, South could have won with dummy's ace and played on crossruff lines.2009 January 8, Phillip Alder, “Part 1 of an Experiment, Ending in a Trump Coup”, Bridge, in New York Times

Verb

crossruff (third-person singular simple present crossruffs, present participle crossruffing, simple past and past participle crossruffed)

  1. To execute a play of this kind.

Forms of crossruff

Noun
pluralcrossruffs
Verb
third-person singular presentcrossruffs
present participlecrossruffing
past participlecrossruffed
pastcrossruffed

Origin of crossruff

From cross- + ruff.

Questions about crossruff

What does crossruff mean?
Crossruff means a play in which tricks are taken by taking alternate ruffs in each hand.
What part of speech is crossruff?
Crossruff can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of crossruff?
The plural of crossruff is crossruffs.

Words near crossruff in the dictionary

  1. crossroaders
  2. crossroads
  3. Crossroads of America
  4. crossrow
  5. crossrows
  6. crossruff
  7. crossruffed
  8. crossruffing
  9. crossruffs
  10. crosssection
  11. crosssectional

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