crossruff

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noun

A play in which tricks are taken by taking alternate ruffs in each hand

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Meanings

nouncrossruff (plural crossruffs)

plural crossruffs

  1. bridgeA play in which tricks are taken by taking alternate ruffs in each hand

    When West discarded a club, South could have won with dummy's ace and played on crossruff lines.

    2009 January 8, Phillip Alder, “Part 1 of an Experiment, Ending in a Trump Coup”, Bridge, in New York Times
verbcrossruff (third-person singular simple present crossruffs, present participle crossruffing, simple past and past participle crossruffed)

present singular third person crossruffs · participle present crossruffing · participle past crossruffed · past crossruffed

  1. bridgeTo execute a play of this kind.

Origin

From cross- + ruff.

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APA

crossruff. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crossruff

MLA

“crossruff.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crossruff. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “crossruff,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crossruff.

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