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EUCHRE

\jˈuːkə], \jˈuːkə], \j_ˈuː_k_ə]\

Definitions of EUCHRE

2006 - WordNet 3.0
2011 - English Dictionary Database
2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language

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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

2006 - WordNet 3.0
By Princeton University

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

2011 - English Dictionary Database
By DataStellar Co., Ltd

To defeat, in a game of euchre, the side that named the trump.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

To defeat, in a game of euchre, the side that named the trump.

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
By Noah Webster.

To prevent (an opponent) in the game from scoring; hence, slang, to outwit.

1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer

In the game of euchre, to check (an opponent); outwit; defeat.
A game of cards played by from two to six persons.
The act of euchring or of being euchred.

1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
By James Champlin Fernald

A game with cards, all below seven being left out.

1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
By Nuttall, P.Austin.

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