underruff
An act of underruffing
Noun
- An act of underruffing
Origin
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰí Proto-Indo-European *-ér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰér Proto-Germanic *under Proto-West Germanic *undar Old English under- Middle English under- English under- English ruff English underruff From under- + ruff.
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Verb
- To ruff with a trump lower than the trump already played by one's opponent
- And so, at trick five, when South ruffed a diamond with the board's queen of clubs, East, having a discard to make, found a gorgeous one— he underruffed with seven of trumps! - 1973, Fred L. Karpin, The Art of Card...