pinochle

pi·noch·le

noun \ˈpē-ˌnə-kəl\

Definition of PINOCHLE

: a card game played with a 48-card pack containing two each of A, K, Q, J, 10, 9 in each suit with the object to score points by melding certain combinations of cards or by winning tricks that contain scoring cards; also : the meld of queen of spades and jack of diamonds scoring 40 points in this game

Origin of PINOCHLE

modification of German dialect Binokel, a game resembling bezique, from French dialect binocle

First Known Use: 1864

Rhymes with PINOCHLE

bare-knuckle, parbuckle, swashbuckle, turnbuckle, unbuckle, white-knuckle