overruff

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *úp
Proto-Indo-European *-er
Proto-Indo-European *upér
Proto-Germanic *uber
Old English ofer-
Middle English over-
English over-
English ruff
English overruff

    From over- + ruff.

    Verb

    overruff (third-person singular simple present overruffs, present participle overruffing, simple past and past participle overruffed)

    1. (bridge) To ruff with a higher trump following a prior ruff on the same trick.

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    Noun

    overruff (plural overruffs)

    1. (bridge) An act of overruffing.
      • 2009 January 3, Phillip Alder, “What to Bid Next? That Depends on the Game You’re Playing”, Bridge, in The New York Times‎[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 26 November 2022:
        Declarer eventually lost one heart, two diamonds and the club overruff for plus 110 to win the board and leapfrog his team from third to second.

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