Euchre (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

noun
  1. 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.
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. to cheat; swindle.
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
verb (tr)
  1. to prevent (a player) from making his contracted tricks
  2. to outwit or cheat
  3. to ruin or exhaust
Euchre (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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