Definition of euchre Euchre
/juˈkɚ/ - [yuker] - eu•chre
We found 8 definitions of euchre from 5 different sources.
Advertising
What does euchre mean?
WordNet
NounPlural: euchres |
||
| euchre - a card game similar to ecarte; each player is dealt 5 cards and the player making trump must take 3 tricks to win a hand | ||
| five hundred | ||
= synonym
= antonym
= related word
= antonym
= related word
Wiktionary 
- euchre (Noun)
A game played with a reduced deck of 24 cards. - euchre (Verb)
To deceive.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- euchre (n.)
A game at cards, that may be played by two, three, or four persons, the highest card (except when an extra card called the Joker is used) being the knave of the same suit as the trump, and called right bower, the lowest card used being the seven, or frequently, in two-handed euchre, the nine spot. See Bower. - euchre (v. t.)
To defeat, in a game of euchre, the side that named the trump. - euchre (v. t.)
To defeat or foil thoroughly in any scheme.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
-
euchre
ū′kėr, n. an American game at cards for two, three, or four persons, with the 32, 28, or 24 highest cards of the pack—if a player fails to make three tricks he is euchred, and his adversary scores against him.—v.t. to outwit. [Ety. uncertain; prob. Ger., like the term bower (q.v.), used in the game; some have suggested a Sp. yuca.]
Part of speech
🔤Pronunciation
Word frequency
Sign Language
Last searches
Advertising
Advertising