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1. (n.) euchre
a card game for two, three, or four players, usu. played with the 32 highest cards in the deck.
2. (v.t.) euchre
to get the better of (an opponent) in a hand at euchre by the opponent's failure to win the requisite tricks.
3. euchre
Slang. to cheat; swindle:
euchred out of their investments.
Etymology: (1835–45, Amer.)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) euchre, five hundred
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
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1. (noun) euchre
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. (verb) euchre
to defeat, in a game of euchre, the side that named the trump
3. (verb) euchre
to defeat or foil thoroughly in any scheme
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