adjective
- relating to a suit other than the trump suit in card games
Usage: card games
noun
- a suit that is not the trump suit in card games
Usage: card games
Examples
- She led with a nontrump card to avoid giving her opponent an advantage.
- The nontrump suits were hearts, diamonds, and clubs.
- Playing a nontrump when you could follow suit is against the rules.
- He counted his nontrump cards before making his bid.
- The strategy involved forcing opponents to play their nontrump cards early.
- In this hand, spades was trump and the other three were nontrump suits.