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euchre definition

eu·chre (yo̵̅o̅kər)

noun

  1. a card game basically for two, three, or four players, played with twenty-four cards (sevens up through aces), five cards being dealt to each player
  2. a euchring or being euchred

Etymology: earlier also yuker, uker < ?

transitive verb euchred -·chred, euchring -·chring

  1. to prevent (the trump-naming opponent at euchre) from taking the required three tricks
  2. Informal to outwit or cheat they were euchred out of their savings

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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