one's best (trump) card

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• trump card — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. informal, advantage, ace in the hole. See superiority. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. best play, strongest means, most effective device, trick; see agent 1 , device 2 , strength 1 . III (Roget s Thesaurus… …   English dictionary for students

• card game — Introduction       game played for pleasure or gambling (or both) with one or more decks of playing cards (playing card). Games using playing cards exploit the fact that cards are individually identifiable from one side only, so that each player… …   Universalium

• card — card1 W2S1 [ka:d US ka:rd] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(information)¦ 2¦(money)¦ 3¦(greetings)¦ 4¦(holiday)¦ 5¦(stiff paper)¦ 6¦(for writing information)¦ 7¦(games)¦ 8 football/baseball etc card 9¦(business)¦ 10¦(computer)¦ …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• card — 1 noun 1 library/membership/identity etc card a small piece of plastic or paper that shows that someone belongs to a particular organization, club etc: Employees must show their ID cards at the gate. 2 BIRTHDAY/CHRISTMAS ETC (C) a piece of thick… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• card — card1 [ kard ] noun *** ▸ 1 for paying/getting money ▸ 2 with information ▸ 3 for sending greetings ▸ 4 for playing games ▸ 5 something giving an advantage ▸ 6 in a computer ▸ 7 someone who makes you laugh ▸ 8 thick stiff paper ▸ + PHRASES 1. )… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• card — I UK [kɑː(r)d] / US [kɑrd] noun Word forms card : singular card plural cards *** 1) [uncountable] British thick stiff paper, thinner than cardboard 2) a) [countable] a piece of thick stiff paper folded into two equal parts, with a picture and a… …   English dictionary

• best — adj 1. excellent, unexcelled, unsurpassed, fine, Inf. super, Inf. superfine; first class, first rate, Inf. crack; superior, choice, select; top, paramount, capital; outstanding, foremost, preeminent; venerable, highest, peerless; perfect,… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

• trump — I (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. surpass, outdo, outsmart, outwit, best, defeat, outperform, excel, beat, outscore, vanquish. II (Roget s Thesaurus II) I noun Something, especially something held in reserve, that gives one a decisive advantage:… …   English dictionary for students

• The Magician (Tarot card) — card, often numbered 0. Iconography In French, the Magician is called Le Bateleur , the mountebank or the sleight of hand artist , a practitioner of stage magic. The Italian tradition calls him Il Bagatto or Il Bagatello , words of uncertain… …   Wikipedia

• Best bower — Bower Bow er (bou [ e]r), n. [G. bauer a peasant. So called from the figure sometimes used for the knave in cards. See {Boor}.] One of the two highest cards in the pack commonly used in the game of euchre. [1913 Webster] {Right bower}, the knave… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Pitch (card game) — Pitch Origin United States Alternative name(s) Setback, Auction Pitch, Bid Pitch, Smear Type Trick taking Players 2 7 (4 best) Cards 52 Deck Anglo American …   Wikipedia