(~s, ~ing, ~ed)
1.
In a game of cards, ~s is the suit which is chosen to have the highest value in one particular game.
Hearts are ~s.
N-UNCOUNT-COLL
2.
In a game of cards, a ~ is a playing card which belongs to the suit which has been chosen as ~s.
He played a ~.
N-COUNT
3.
If you ~ what someone has said or done, you beat it by saying or doing something else that seems better.
The Socialists tried to ~ this with their slogan...
VERB: V n
4.
Your ~ card is something powerful that you can use or do, which gives you an advantage over someone.
In the end, the Ten took their appeal to the Supreme Court; this, they had believed from the outset, would be their ~ card...
PHRASE: poss PHR
5.
If you say that someone came up ~s, you mean that they did something successfully, often when they were not expected to. (BRIT)
Dwayne has come up ~s with a goal worthy of winning any match.
PHRASE: V inflects