euchre
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.
an instance of euchring or being euchred.
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.
Slang. to cheat; swindle.
Origin of euchre
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How to use euchre in a sentence
Just days earlier, the club’s president — and one of its most devoted euchre players, Danny Burtch — died of the virus after a weeks-long battle.
Life, death and ‘hugs and prayers’: A story of covid in rural Michigan | Kayla Ruble | January 18, 2022 | Washington PostAs they played euchre and ate Christmas cookies, Gogo expressed concern about the new variant and news reports chronicling the rush for testing.
Life, death and ‘hugs and prayers’: A story of covid in rural Michigan | Kayla Ruble | January 18, 2022 | Washington PostArt handed us a deck of cards and a piece of chalk to keep score and we started to play euchre.
Cue for Quiet | Thomas L. Sherredeuchre doesn't seem the same without a barful of people, and pinochle is not the game that Stein is good at.
Cue for Quiet | Thomas L. Sherredeuchre (ūkėr), a card-game very popular in America, is usually played by two or four persons.
The New Gresham Encyclopedia | Various
Now and then there is a horse-race, but for the most part we play euchre.
Miss Ravenel's conversion from secession to loyalty | J. W. de ForestProgressive Bridge may be played in much the same manner as Progressive euchre.
Bridge; its Principles and Rules of Play | J.B. Elwell
British Dictionary definitions for euchre
/ (ˈjuːkə) /
a US and Canadian card game similar to écarté for two to four players, using a poker pack with joker
an instance of euchring another player, preventing him from making his contracted tricks
to prevent (a player) from making his contracted tricks
(usually foll by out) US, Canadian, Australian and NZ informal to outwit or cheat
Australian and NZ informal to ruin or exhaust
Origin of euchre
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