to ruff means to play a trump card to a trick (other than when trumps were led). According to the rules of most games, a player must have no cards left...
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trumping in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Trumping may refer to: Ruff (cards), playing a trump card Flatulence, breaking wind Conflict escalation...
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the wader family Ruff (cards), to play a trump card to a trick in cards Ruff (clothing), a very wide collar, usually stiff and thick Ruff (surname) Ranik...
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player can lead with the suit in which his partner is void so as to give a ruff. Francis, Henry G., Editor-in-Chief; Truscott, Alan F., Executive Editor;...
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Trump (card games) (redirect from Trump cards (cards))
Typically an entire suit is nominated as a trump suit; these cards then outrank all cards of plain (non-trump) suits. In other contexts, the terms trump...
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Fetch! with Ruff Ruffman (sometimes shortened as Fetch!) is an American live-action/animated television series that aired on PBS Kids Go! and is largely...
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Glossary of card game terms (redirect from Counting cards (cards))
higher bet in a vying game. see saw See cross-ruff. selected suit See chosen suit. sequence Three or more cards adjacent in rank. The adjectives ascending...
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of episodes of the PBS Kids Go! children's television series Fetch! with Ruff Ruffman. Noah Ellis Khalil Flemming Taylor Garron Brian McGoff Julia Millstein...
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Jeanne Alida "Jan" Ruff-O'Herne AO (18 January 1923 – 19 August 2019) was a Dutch Australian of Irish ancestry and human rights activist known for campaigning...
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Michelle Ruff is an American voice actress known for her work in anime and video games. In her early voice acting career, she used her mother's name, Georgette...
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Ruff and Honours, Ruffe and Trump or Slamm was an English trick-taking card game that was popular in the 16th and 17th centuries. It was superseded in...
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Triomphe (redirect from French Ruff)
Triomphe (French for triumph), once known as French ruff, is a card game dating from the late 15th century. It most likely originated in France or Spain...
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Ruff Sqwad are an English grime crew. The group was formed in 2001 in Bow, East London. Various members and affiliates of the crew are considered key figures...
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Ruff-Ruff, Tweet and Dave is a British interactive animated children's television series produced by Collingwood & Co. that premiered in the United Kingdom...
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Matthew Theron Ruff (born September 8, 1965) is an American author of thriller, science fiction and comic novels, including The Mirage and Lovecraft Country...
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Contract bridge (redirect from Cards bridge)
The game is now safe: South ruffs a small club with a dummy's trump, then ruffs a diamond in hand for an entry back, and ruffs the last club in dummy (sometimes...
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trump and then leads the three of clubs which he ruffs in dummy - an entry play. Unless the defense can ruff one of the next three top spade leads from dummy...
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Card game (redirect from Games/Cards)
Trump or Ruff ('ruff' then meaning 'rob') in which four players were dealt 12 cards each and the dealer 'robbed' from the remaining stock of 4 cards. Piquet...
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Sheng ji (section Point cards)
subjected to be bested (ruffed) by trump cards played by other players. Combinations ruffed do not require taking back of cards, but this is not guaranteed...
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48-card pack) Pitch Put Rage Rams Renfield Réunion Ristikontra Rödskägg Rook Ruff and Honours Shelem Sheng ji Sixty-three Smear Spades Sueca Tarabish Tarneeb...
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Ruff Endz is an American R&B duo, consisting of members David "Davinch" Chance and Dante "Chi" Jordan from Baltimore, Maryland. They are best known for...
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Lori Erica Kennedy Ruff (born Kimberly Maria McLean, October 16, 1968 – December 24, 2010) was an American identity thief who committed suicide in the...
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Gleek (card game) (section Vie for Ruff)
game of cards"). Three players must be present for this game. Gleek was a fairly elaborate game in four main stages: Bid for Stock Vie for Ruff Gleeks...
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contract bridge in which partners defending against a contract play particular cards in a manner which gives a coded meaning or signal to guide their subsequent...
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Jonathan Ruffer DL (born 17 August 1951) is a British City investor, art collector and philanthropist. Jonathan Ruffer was born on 17 August 1951 in London...
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Thomas Ruff (born 10 February 1958) is a German photographer who lives and works in Düsseldorf, Germany. He has been described as "a master of edited and...
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Trick-taking game (redirect from Trick (cards))
games such as contract bridge, whist, and spades, or to the value of the cards contained in taken tricks, as in point-trick games such as pinochle, the...
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Also, ruff and sluff or ruff and slough. Ruff out To establish a suit by ruffing one or more of its low cards. Rule of Eight Devised by Ely Culbertson...
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scope for strategic play. In 1674, The Complete Gamester described the game Ruff and Honours as the most popular descendant of Triumph played in England during...
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Siegfried Ruff (19 February 1907 – 22 April 1989) was a Nazi German physician who served as director of the Aviation Medicine Department at the German...
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