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Euchre is a card game for four players that is played in tricks, or rounds, with a deck of 32 cards. Etymologists aren't sure where we got the name for the game, though they do know that it first appeared in English in the mid-19th century. The first sense of the verb euchre arose from an action that takes place during the game: a player is euchred when an opponent blocks him or her from winning three or more tricks after making trump. Deception can often be key to a winning strategy, and sure enough it took almost no time at all for euchre to develop a sense meaning "cheat" or "trick."
Examples of euchre in a Sentence
Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Sep. 2025
Other activities recommended on the website include paying for the car behind you at Mackinac Bridge, playing a game of euchre or cribbage, and kayaking, biking, fishing, etc.
—Marina Johnson, Detroit Free Press, 1 Sep. 2023
Try your luck in a euchre tournament set for 6:30 p.m. July 21.
—cleveland, 15 July 2022
There were at various points a euchre and lotto party, a newsboy parade, an auto race and — a true novelty at the time — an air show, all to will Hope Haven into reality.
—Mike Scott, NOLA.com, 29 Sep. 2020
Snarples is popular among hockey players, an apparent mix of euchre and hearts.
—Matthew Defranks, Dallas News, 28 July 2020
Special to IndyStar Joe Kernan and his friends used to have euchre nights.
—Jason Kelly, The Indianapolis Star, 10 July 2020
Does the author dislike a round of euchre around the family table after dinner?
—Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 3 July 2020
Emma Stein, Detroit Free Press, 31 July 2021
The American history of the game goes back a couple of centuries, but ties euchre to Midwestern auto workers, who could play an entire match during a single coffee and/or lunch break.
—Laura Johnston, cleveland, 21 Nov. 2020
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“Euchre.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/euchre. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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