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underruffing

underruffing is the present participle and gerund of underruff.

Meaning of underruff

Verb

underruff (third-person singular simple present underruffs, present participle underruffing, simple past and past participle underruffed)

  1. 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

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Questions about underruffing

What is underruffing the present participle and gerund of?
Underruffing is the present participle and gerund of underruff.

Words near underruffing in the dictionary

  1. underrounded
  2. underrounding
  3. underrounds
  4. underruff
  5. underruffed
  6. underruffing
  7. underruffs
  8. underrun
  9. underrung
  10. underrunner
  11. underrunners

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