euchre

¹eu·chre

noun \ˈyü-kər\

Definition of EUCHRE

: a card game in which each player is dealt five cards and the player making trump must take three tricks to win a hand

Origin of EUCHRE

origin unknown

First Known Use: 1841

Other Game Terms

bezique, carom, convention, crap, gambit, monte, parlay, tierce

Rhymes with EUCHRE

lucre

²euchre

transitive verb

eu·chredeu·chring \-k(ə-)riŋ\

Definition of EUCHRE

1

: to prevent from winning three tricks in euchre

2

: cheat, trick <euchred out of their life savings — Pete Martin>

Examples of EUCHRE

1. <a fast-talking speculator who thought that euchring the tribe out of their land would be easy>

First Known Use of EUCHRE

1847

Related to EUCHRE

Synonyms

beat, bilk, bleed, cheat, chisel, chouse, con, cozen, defraud, diddle, do, do in, fleece, fiddle, flimflam, gaff, gyp, hose [slang], hustle, mulct, nobble [British slang], pluck, ream, rip off, rook, screw, shake down, short, shortchange, skin, skunk, squeeze, stick, stiff, sting, sucker, swindle, thimblerig, victimize

Related Words

extort, wrench, wrest, wring; clip, gouge, nick, overcharge, soak; exploit, milk; deceive, dupe, fool, gull, trick; rope (in); betray, bitch, double-cross; bamboozle, fast-talk

Other Game Terms

bezique, carom, convention, crap, euchre, gambit, monte, parlay, tierce