underruff

verb, noun — 2 senses

underruff

verb

Etymology From under- + ruff.

1

Bridge, Games 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 Reading at Bridge, →ISBN, page 149:

underruff

noun

Etymology From under- + ruff.

1

An act of underruffing

Related terms
ruff, overruff

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