Definition

Noun: 1. A trick-taking card game: A card game, typically for two to four players in partnerships, where the goal is to win at least three of the five tricks in a hand. A key feature is the selection of a trump suit.

Usage

• Euchre is a popular social card game, especially in certain regions like the Midwest of the United States and Canada.
• It is played with a partial deck, usually only the cards 9 through Ace in each suit.
• The game involves bidding, where a player or partnership declares the trump suit and commits to winning a certain number of tricks.

Examples

• "We spent the evening playing euchre with our neighbors."
• "Do you know the rules for euchre?"
• "In a game of euchre, if the team that names trump fails to win three tricks, they are ."

Advanced Usage

• To be euchred: This verb form, derived from the noun, means to fail to win the required number of tricks after declaring trump, resulting in a penalty for the declaring team.
  • Example: "They were confident, but they got euchred and lost two points."

Variants and Related Words

• Euchred (verb, past tense): The state of having failed to make one's bid in the game of euchre.
  • Example: "We euchred them on the last hand to win the game."

Synonyms

• Card game
• Trick-taking game

Related Phrases

• Go alone: In euchre, a bid where a player declares they will try to win all five tricks without their partner's help, for a higher potential score.
• Order up the trump: The action of selecting the face-up card as the trump suit.
• Make trump: To successfully declare and establish the trump suit for a hand.

Noun

1. 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