EUCHRE


Meaning of EUCHRE in English

/yooh"keuhr/ , n. , v. , euchred, euchring .

n.

1. Cards. a game played by two, three, or four persons, usually with the 32, but sometimes with the 28 or 24, highest cards in the pack.

2. an instance of euchring or being euchred.

v.t.

3. to get the better of (an opponent) in a hand at euchre by the opponent's failure to win three tricks after having made the trump.

4. Slang. to cheat; swindle.

[ 1835-45, Amer.; orig. uncert. ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .