Definition of Euchre

1. Noun. 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.

Exact synonyms: Five Hundred
Generic synonyms: Card Game, Cards

Definition of Euchre

1. 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.

2. v. t. To defeat, in a game of euchre, the side that named the trump.

Definition of Euchre

1. Noun. (card games) A game played with a reduced deck of 24 cards. ¹

2. Verb. To deceive. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Euchre

1. to prevent from winning three tricks in euchre (a card game) [v -CHRED, -CHRING, -CHRES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Euchre

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eucatropine hydrochloride
eucharis
eucharises
eucharist
eucharistic
eucharistical
euchelicerate
euchlorhydria
euchloric
euchlorine
eucholia
euchologion
euchologue
euchology
euchre (current term)
euchred
euchres
euchring
euchroic
euchroic acid
euchroite
euchromatic
euchromatin
euchromatins
euchrone
euchrœa
euchymy
euclase

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