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euchre

[yoo-ker]
noun
  1. Cards. a game played by two, three, or four persons, usually with the 32, but sometimes with the 28 or 24, highest cards in the pack.
  2. an instance of euchring or being euchred.
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verb (used with object), eu·chred, eu·chring.
  1. to get the better of (an opponent) in a hand at euchre by the opponent's failure to win three tricks after having made the trump.
  2. Slang. to cheat; swindle.
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Origin of euchre

An Americanism dating back to 1835–45; origin uncertain
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Examples from the Web for euchre

Historical Examples

  • Mr. Zachary Smith resisted the blandishments of “cut-throat” euchre.

    The Hound From The North

    Ridgwell Cullum

  • The following rules belong to the established Etiquette of Euchre.

  • “Euchre,”—when the party making the trump fails to take three tricks.

  • A military Euchre Party would be very appropriate for this occasion.

  • There was a gambler over in Lazette thought to euchre Dakota.

    The Trail to Yesterday

    Charles Alden Seltzer

British Dictionary definitions for euchre

euchre

noun
  1. a US and Canadian card game similar to écarté for two to four players, using a poker pack with joker
  2. an instance of euchring another player, preventing him from making his contracted tricks
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verb (tr)
  1. to prevent (a player) from making his contracted tricks
  2. (usually foll by out) US, Canadian, Australian and NZ informal to outwit or cheat
  3. Australian and NZ informal to ruin or exhaust
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Word Origin

C19: of unknown origin
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Word Origin and History for euchre

n.

card game, 1846, American English, of unknown origin.

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