underruff
underruff verb: to ruff with a trump lower than the trump already played by one's opponent.
Verb
underruff (third-person singular simple present underruffs, present participle underruffing, simple past and past participle underruffed)
- To ruff with a trump lower than the trump already played by one's opponent
- And so, at trick five, when South ruffed a diamond with the board's queen of clubs, East, having a discard to make, found a gorgeous one— he underruffed with seven of trumps!1973, Fred L. Karpin, The Art of Card Reading at Bridge, →ISBN, page 149
Noun
underruff (plural underruffs)
- An act of underruffing
Forms of underruff
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | underruffs |
| present participle | underruffing |
| past participle | underruffed |
| past | underruffed |
| Noun | |
| plural | underruffs |
Origin of underruff
From under- + ruff.
Questions about underruff
- What does underruff mean?
- Underruff means to ruff with a trump lower than the trump already played by one's opponent.
- What part of speech is underruff?
- Underruff can be a verb or a noun.
- What is the past tense of underruff?
- The past tense of underruff is underruffed.
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