overruff

verb, noun — 2 senses

verb

Etymology From over- + ruff.

Bridge, Games To ruff with a higher trump following a prior ruff on the same trick.

noun

Etymology From over- + ruff.

Bridge, Games An 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:

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