euchre
To deceive or outwitTo deceive or outwit.
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Meaning
1 sensesTo deceive or outwit.
Examples
6 sentencesDo you know how to play euchre?
Euchre is played by two pairs.
Euchre is kind of like spades or hearts.
Euchre is played by two two-person teams.
In the smoking room, there were always parties of gentlemen playing euchre, draughts and dominoes.
Origin
Possibly from German Juckerspiel, name of an eighteenth-century Alsatian card game, itselfPossibly from German Juckerspiel, name of an eighteenth-century Alsatian card game, itself apparently a compound of Jucker + Spiel (“game”). Likely a doublet of joker.
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Forms
euchres, euchring, euchred, euchredLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.