euchre

Meaning

Noun

A trump card game played by four players in two partnerships with a reduced deck of 24 cards.

Verb

To deceive or outwit.

Synonyms

five hundred

trick

bite

deceive

delude

diddle

have on

hocus

hoodwink

inveigle

juggle

outsmart

outwit

spoof

wangle

best

welch

bamboozle

Translations

يوكر

übertölpeln

ξεγελώ

παιχνίδι χαρτιών

cinq cents

500

overmeesteren

bu oyunda yenmek

hile yaparak yenmek

iki

2

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈjuːkəɹ/

Etymology

Possibly from German Juckerspiel, name of an eighteenth-century Alsatian card game, itself apparently a compound of Jucker (“joker?”, may be dialectal) + Spiel (“game”). Likely a doublet of joker.