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Noun: euchre  yoo-ku(r)
  1. A card game similar to écarté; each player is dealt 5 cards and the player making trump must take 3 tricks to win a hand
    "Euchre remains popular in some parts of the United States and Canada";
    - five hundred
Verb: euchre  yoo-ku(r)
  1. [N. Amer, informal] To outwit or deceive
    "They euchred their opponents in the negotiation"
     
  2. (in euchre) to force (an opponent) to play a high trump card and lose it
    "She managed to euchre her opponent, winning the trick"

Derived forms: euchres, euchred, euchring

Type of: card game, cards

Encyclopedia: Euchre