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euchre

/ˈjuːkəɹ/

euchre noun: a trump card game played by four players in two partnerships with a reduced deck of 24 cards.

Noun

euchre (countable and uncountable, plural euchres)

  1. A trump card game played by four players in two partnerships with a reduced deck of 24 cards.

Verb

euchre (third-person singular simple present euchres, present participle euchring, simple past and past participle euchred)

  1. To deceive or outwit.
    • Well: he guesses They have euchred Mexico into some such Byzantine exercise, probably to do with the Americans. Perhaps the Russians.1973, Thomas Pynchon, Gravity's Rainbow

Forms of euchre

Noun
pluraleuchres
alternative form (dated)eucre
Verb
third-person singular presenteuchres
present participleeuchring
past participleeuchred
pasteuchred

Origin of euchre

Possibly from German Juckerspiel, name of an eighteenth-century Alsatian card game, itself apparently a compound of Jucker + Spiel (“game”). Likely a doublet of joker.

Questions about euchre

What does euchre mean?
Euchre means a trump card game played by four players in two partnerships with a reduced deck of 24 cards.
What part of speech is euchre?
Euchre can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce euchre?
Euchre is pronounced /ˈjuːkəɹ/.
What is the plural of euchre?
The plural of euchre is euchres.

Words near euchre in the dictionary

  1. euchology
  2. euchondrichthyan
  3. euchondrichthyans
  4. euchondrocephalan
  5. euchondrocephalans
  6. euchre
  7. euchred
  8. euchrenone
  9. euchres
  10. euchring
  11. euchroate

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