Talk:trump

Jew's harp

A serious omission: the sense meaning "Jew's harp." 173.89.236.187 22:24, 30 July 2015 (UTC)

We have Jew's-trump. Is this instrument ever referred to as just "trump"? SpinningSpark 15:09, 22 March 2016 (UTC)

Elephant

It's the noise made by elephants.

I think that's trumpeting (though there is the famous song Nellie the Elephant: "Off she went with a trumpety-trump / Trump, trump, trump". Equinox ◑ 16:46, 15 March 2016 (UTC)

@Equinox I like "Elliott Elephant used to be... RUDE!/ He guzzled his drink and he gobbled his food./ And when he would trumpet, as elephants do,/ He'd trumpety trump from his bottom end too!"[1] better, but seriously, I think it is citable and have put some quotations on the citation page. Possibly there should be a verb entry too. SpinningSpark 15:58, 22 March 2016 (UTC)

Flatulate etymology

I've heard that "trump" is used to mean "flatulate" because it is a shortening of "trump suit", rhyming slang for "toot". Is there any basis for this?--96.242.126.129 23:54, 5 September 2016 (UTC)

It's easier to explain it as deriving from trumpet. Perhaps it's because I'm only familiar with the use of the term in bridge, but I wonder how much overlap there is between those who use rhyming slang and those who are familiar enough with trump suits to incorporate the term in slang. Chuck Entz (talk) 01:34, 6 September 2016 (UTC)

Is the US pronunciation IPA correct?

It says "(US) IPA(key): /t͡ʃɹʌmp/"

--Distelfinck (talk) 23:32, 2 May 2019 (UTC)

It’s a valid phonetic description of some US pronunciations, but it certainly isn’t phonemic, so it shouldn’t be presented as such. — Vorziblix (talk · contribs) 00:17, 3 May 2019 (UTC)

There is a case for analysing the [t͡ʃɹ] in some accents as /t͡ʃɹ/. However, I'll add it back now as a phonetic realisation. --Hazarasp (talk · contributions) 07:25, 3 May 2019 (UTC)

BTW, I marked it as (some accents) as it's found outside the US too.--Hazarasp (talk · contributions) 07:27, 3 May 2019 (UTC)

card game quote

There's a quote for the card game in

1598, John Florio, “Trump”, in A Worlde of Words, or Most Copious, and Exact Dictionarie in Italian and English, […], London: […] Arnold Hatfield for Edw[ard] Blount, →OCLC:

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