Meanings
verboverruff (third-person singular simple present overruffs, present participle overruffing, simple past and past participle overruffed)
present singular third person overruffs · participle present overruffing · participle past overruffed · past overruffed
nounoverruff (plural overruffs)
plural overruffs
- bridgeAn act of overruffing.
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.
2009 January 3, Phillip Alder, “What to Bid Next? That Depends on the Game You’re Playing”, Bridge, in New York Times
Synonyms & antonyms
verbTo ruff with a higher trump following a prior ruff on the same trick.
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Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*úp
- Proto-Indo-European*upér
- Proto-Germanic*uber
- Old Englishofer-
- Middle Englishover-
- Englishover-
- Englishruff
- Englishoverruff
Translations
Bulgarian надцаквам
- надцаквам (nadcakvam)ruff with a higher trump
Catalan retrumfar
- retrumfarruff with a higher trump
French surcouper
- surcouperruff with a higher trump
German überstechen
- überstechenruff with a higher trump
Cite this entry
APA
overruff. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overruff
MLA
“overruff.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overruff. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “overruff,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overruff.
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