crossruff

UK: /ˈkrɒsˌrʌf/

US: (n. krôs′ruf′, -ruf′, kros′-; v. krôs′ruf′, kros′-)

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026

cross•ruff  (n. krôs′ruf′, -ruf′, kros′-;v. krôs′ruf′, kros′-), [Bridge, Whist.]
n. 

1. Games a play in which each hand of a partnership alternately trumps a different suit in consecutive plays.

v.t., v.i. 

2. Games to play by means of a crossruff.

• cross- + ruff² 1585–95

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

crossruff / ˈkrɒsˌrʌf/ noun

1. the alternate trumping of each other's leads by two partners, or by declarer and dummy

verb

1. (intransitive) to trump alternately in two hands of a partnership