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Look up: euchre

  1. euchre
    [n] - a card game similar to ecarte
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  2. Euchre
    Eu'chre noun [ Perh. from French écarté .] A game at cards, that may be played by two, three, or four persons, the highest card (except when an extra card called the Joker is used) being the knave of the same suit as the trump, and called right...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/E/72

  3. Euchre
    Eu'chre transitive verb 1. To defeat, in a game of euchre, the side that named the trump. 2. To defeat or foil thoroughly in any scheme. [ Slang.]
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/E/72

  4. euchre
    five hundred noun a card game similar to ecarte; each player is dealt 5 cards and the player making trump must take 3 tricks to win a hand
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  5. Euchre
    • (v. t.) To defeat or foil thoroughly in any scheme. • (n.) A game at cards, that may be played by two, three, or four persons, the highest card (except when an extra card called the Joker is used) being the knave of the same suit as the trump, and called right bower, the lowest card used...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  6. euchre
    card game popular in the United States, Canada, New Zealand, and Great Britain, especially in Cornwall and the West Country of England. It derives ... [1 related articles]
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/e/50

  7. Euchre
    Euchre is slang for to defeat or foil thoroughly in any scheme.
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  8. Euchre
    Euchre is slang for to defeat or foil thoroughly in any scheme.
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  9. Euchre
    Euchre is a card game usually for 2, 3 or 4 players played with a piquest pack of 32 cards, omitting all below 7, and with an extra card or joker used which ranks as the highest trump. After cutting for the deal, five cards are dealt (either by twos and threes or by threes and twos) to each player. ...
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  10. euchre
    euchre (yOO'kur) , card game, played usually by four persons (two sets of partners). The game originated among the Amish and was a popular card game in America in the late 19th cent. The pack has 32 cards, from 7 up to ace in each suit. The jack of trumps, called the right bower, ranks highest, ...
    Found on http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/society/A0

  11. Euchre
    `Euchre` (), also known as `eucre`, is a trick-taking card game most commonly played with four people in two partnerships with a deck of 24 standard playing cards. It is the game responsible for introducing the joker into modern packs; this was invented around 1860 to act as a top trump or best bowe...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euchre



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