Euchre, along with having become a facet of world wide entertainment, has spawned an abundance of words, phrases and definitions exclusive to the context of the game. Below is a large, yet eternally incomplete, glossary of terms used by Euchre players. Some are common among all players. Some are region specific. However, ALL are part of the language known as Euchrese. I have provided links within the definitions for ease in understanding the terms.

assist v : to make trump of the turned-up card as the dealer's partner

bag v : to utilize a strategy in which a player passes with a good hand in hopes that their opponent will make trump only to be euchred: Also bushing, waiting in the bushes, playing policeman, passing dirty

bagger n : one who bags

barn n : in the : one point away from victory

bower n : a jack which is either of the trump suit or the same color but different suit as trump

both hooks np : both jacks of one color

boy n : a low trump card

bushing v : to bag

crossing the creek v : to make a suit of the opposite color of the turned up card trump after all players have passed in the first round of bidding

cut v : to separate the deck into a top and bottom portion and switch the portions previous to the deal

cut v : 1 : to trump an ace lead at the beginning of a trick 2 : to have an ace trumped by the first opponent

dog n : any euchre card which was or is to be played in the hand

dog from every county n : 1 : a hand which contains at least 1 card from each suit 2 : a hand full of low cards with at least 1 from each suit

dot n : generic : any of the four standard playing card symbols ; heart, spade, club, or diamond

dutchman n : a hand which contains the Right Bower, the Left Bower and the Ace of trump: Also dutchman's hand

dutchman's hand n : dutchman

dutchman's point n : the inevitable point earned by a player in possession of a dutchman

1euchre n : a trick -based card game popular in many areas of the world.

2euchre v : to deny a trumpmaker of taking at least 3 tricks required to score in a hand; the standard reward for euchring an opponent is 2 points.

eye n : a score of one

farmer n : a jack

farmer's hand n : a hand which specifically contains only nines and tens

go alone v : to play a hand without a partner; this allows an opportunity to earn double points by marching : Also shooting

guarded adj : containing the Left Bower and another trump card

Holmes County adj : being euchred while going alone

kamikaze adj : requiring an ungodly amount of luck to succeed

kamikaze n : a hand which a player goes alone on that has little if any chance of being played successfully.

kibitzing v : using or engaging in table talk

kitty n : the cards remaining from the deck after all hands have been dealt

lay-down loner n : a loner that can be played all at once; an indefensible hand: Also no-brainer

left bare adj : containing only one trump card

left bower n : the jack which is the same color but different suit as trump

loner n : a hand suitable for playing alone

lose your deal v : to have to relinquish deal of the cards when all players pass on both rounds of bidding

making trump v : to declare a suit trump at the beginning of a hand; by doing this, a player obligates themselves to take no less that 3 tricks else giving up points to an opponent (being euchred).

march v : to win all the tricks in a hand: Also sweep

no-brainer n : lay-down loner

pass v : to decline to make a suit trump

off suit n : any of the 3 non-trump suits in a hand

passing dirty v : to bag

playing policeman v : to bag

railroading n : a gameplay option in which the trumpmaker goes alone and their partner is permitted to offer their best card face down; the trumpmaker may take this card and discard one from their hand but must decide to accept of decline this option before looking at the card offered.

renege v : to play a card out of suit while holding the suit that was lead: Also revoke

revoke v : to renege

right bower n : the jack of the trump suit

sending a boy to the mill v : to trump a leading opponent with a small trump card only to be counter-trumped by the trailing opponent with a higher trump card

set v : 1 : to euchre an opponent 2 : to be euchred by an opponent

shaking the bush v : to lead trump; this is a form of strategy which attempts to draw all trump cards from opponents' possession

shooting v : going alone

sick dog n : a low non-trump card

skunk v : to win a game with the opponent having scored zero points; to shut out an opponent: Also whitewash

stay home v : to let a partner go alone

suit n : a classification of cards; the 4 suits in a deck of standard playing cards are hearts, spades, clubs, and diamonds

sweep v : to march

table talk n : a conversation during gameplay which openly or subliminally discloses information about the cards in one's hand

throw off v : to play a card that is of a suit which is off-suit and non-lead

trick n : a group (of cards) formed in a round of play into which each player contributes one card

1trump v : to play a trump card

2trump n : a suit which is ranked higher than the other 3 suits in a hand; this suit is defined by a player making trump at the beginning of a hand

trumpmaker n : the player that makes trump in a hand

turned-up card n : the top card in the kitty which players decide whether or not to make trump in the first round of bidding

two-suited adj : having only two suits in one's hand

void n : any suit that a player's hand does not possess

waiting in the bushes v : to bag

walk v : to take a trick with a low ranking card

whitewash v : to skunk