euchre

euchre [yoo-ker] ExamplesWord Origin noun

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.
an instance of euchring or being euchred.

verb (used with object), eu·chred, eu·chring.

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.
Slang. to cheat; swindle.

Origin of euchre An Americanism dating back to 1835–45; origin uncertain Examples from the Web for euchre Historical Examples of euchre

Mr. Zachary Smith resisted the blandishments of “cut-throat” euchre.

Ridgwell Cullum

“Euchre,”—when the party making the trump fails to take three tricks.

H. C. Leeds

The following rules belong to the established Etiquette of Euchre.

H. C. Leeds

A military Euchre Party would be very appropriate for this occasion.

Mary E. Blain

There was a gambler over in Lazette thought to euchre Dakota.

Charles Alden Seltzer

British Dictionary definitions for euchre euchre noun

a US and Canadian card game similar to écarté for two to four players, using a poker pack with joker
an instance of euchring another player, preventing him from making his contracted tricks

verb (tr)

to prevent (a player) from making his contracted tricks
(usually foll by out) US, Canadian, Australian and NZ informal to outwit or cheat
Australian and NZ informal to ruin or exhaust

Word Origin for euchre C19: of unknown origin Word Origin and History for euchre n.

card game, 1846, American English, of unknown origin.