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overruff

overruff verb: to ruff with a higher trump following a prior ruff on the same trick.

Verb

overruff (third-person singular simple present overruffs, present participle overruffing, simple past and past participle overruffed)

  1. To ruff with a higher trump following a prior ruff on the same trick.
    Synonyms:
    overtrump

Noun

overruff (plural overruffs)

  1. An act of overruffing.
    • 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.2009 January 3, Phillip Alder, “What to Bid Next? That Depends on the Game You’re Playing”, Bridge, in New York Times

Synonyms of overruff

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Forms of overruff

Verb
third-person singular presentoverruffs
present participleoverruffing
past participleoverruffed
pastoverruffed
Noun
pluraloverruffs

Origin of overruff

From over- + ruff.

Questions about overruff

What does overruff mean?
Overruff means to ruff with a higher trump following a prior ruff on the same trick.
What part of speech is overruff?
Overruff can be a verb or a noun.
What is the past tense of overruff?
The past tense of overruff is overruffed.

Words near overruff in the dictionary

  1. overround
  2. overrounded
  3. overrounding
  4. overrounds
  5. overrude
  6. overruff
  7. overruffed
  8. overruffing
  9. overruffs
  10. overrulable
  11. overrule

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