Euchre (Noun)
Meaning
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.
Classification
Nouns denoting acts or actions.
Examples
- The group of friends gathered around the table to play a game of euchre, a classic Midwestern card game.
- In euchre, the jack of the same suit as the trump card is called the "right bower" and is the highest-ranking card.
- The player who names the trump suit must take at least three tricks to win the hand in euchre.
- Euchre is a popular social card game in parts of the United States, particularly in Ohio and Indiana.
- The team that wins 10 points in euchre first, by taking tricks and forming valid sets, wins the game.