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euchre

euchre

2 9.9
A card game for four players where you try to win three of five tricks with a trump suit
  • noun
  • /ˈjuːkər/
  • US
: euchre
  • Do you play Euchre?
  • play euchre

So, you know, it became harder to find sheep's head players and and a lot of people wanted to play Euchre instead.

Examples

  • She taught her friends how to play euchre after dinner last night.

  • During the summer holidays, our family loves to play euchre on the porch.

  • "We played euchre every day."

    Fiction book (1990)

  • Those are saved for the euchre players," Mark told me.

    Fiction book (1993)

  • Afterward, we played a few hands of euchre.

    Fiction book (2002)

  • "You wanna play euchre?" He shook his head.

    Fiction book (1990)

  • I love euchre.

    Blog text (10)

  • They were trips down the street for short sessions in the card room, where he played an hour or so of euchre, and trips to his farms.

    Academic text (1990)

  • Every Friday night, we gather at my house to play euchre with our friends.

Surface Forms

euchre singular
euchres plural

Etymology

Euchre probably comes from an old German or Alsatian name Jucker for a similar card game, and English speakers kept that name when they learned the game. That's why euchre now refers to the particular card game where players try to win three of five 'tricks'.