Crossruff

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A series of plays in games of the whist family in which partnership hands alternately trump suits led by the other partner.
  • verb-intransitive. To perform a crossruff or a series of crossruffs.
  • v. To trump (one's partner's lead or a lead from the dummy) in alternating plays.
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  • n. A play in which tricks are taken by taking alternate ruffs in each hand
  • v. To execute a crossruff
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The play in bridge or whist where partners trump each a different suit, and lead to each other for that purpose; -- called also seesaw.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. In whist, a double ruff; a see-saw (which see).
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  • v. trump alternately in two hands
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    ruff    trump   
    Variant
    seesaw   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    seesaw   
     
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