no-trump

noun

a version of contract bridge in which no suit is designated as trump for the duration of the hand

• Hypernyms: ↑contract, ↑contract bridge

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I. \\ˈ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷\ adjective

Etymology: no (II) + trump

: being without trumps; specifically : being a bid or contract to play or a hand suitable to play without any suit being trumps

II. noun also no-trumps (plural no-trump or no-trumps)

1. : a bridge bid, declaration, or contract that names no suit as trumps and that outranks the suit bids

2. : a hand played without any suit named as trumps

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/noh"trump"/, Bridge.

adj.

1. (of a hand, bid, or contract) without a trump suit; noting a bid or contract to be played without naming a trump suit.

n.

2. the declaration to play a no-trump contract.

[1895-1900]

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no-trumpˈ or no-trumpsˈ noun (bridge)

A call for the playing of a hand without any trump suit

adjective

(no-trump) suitable for or relating to playing without a trump suit

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Main Entry: ↑no

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no-trump «NOH TRUHMP», adjective, noun.

–adj.

without any trumps, especially in bridge.

–n.

1. a declaration in bridge to play with no suit as trumps.

2. a hand in bridge that is, or is suitable to be, so played.

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n. Bridge a situation in which no suit is designated as trump

she reached three no-trump after her partner had opened with a weak two bid | [as adj.] a no-trump contract