EUCHRE


Meaning of EUCHRE in English

n. & v.

--n. an American card-game for two, three, or four players.

--v.tr.

1. (in euchre) gain the advantage over (another player) when that player fails to take three tricks.

2 deceive, outwit.

3 Austral. exhaust, ruin.

Etymology: 19th c.: orig. unkn.

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.