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To offer a point value as the target to be reached, combining points from melding and pulling counters in tricks; also, contract or the amount offered
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To continue bidding against an opponent even though your hand is not worth the amount you are bidding, generally for the sole purpose of inflating the bid in an effort to better the chance of setting the other team
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A bonus of 2 points awarded to the team wining the twentieth trick; also known as the Last Trick
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A set of four cards played to the table, one from each hand; also, known as a trick. A finished trick that is raked in and flipped upside down in front of the trick winner is sometimes called "Booked".
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One team receives all fifty points in a hand during the trick taking phase of the hand; also known as a Head Rub
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The cards which score points when pulled during the trick taking phase of the hand (Aces, Tens, and Kings)
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The point in the game where both teams have a score that is realistically one bid away from winning the game.
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A bid of 20 more than the previous bid (over 60); indicates fifty or more meld. (example: double jump bid from 60 to 80)
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The twenty cards dealt to an individual player. Sometimes used to mean a round of play (You play out the hand; all twenty cards)
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A bid of 10 more than the previous bid (over 60); indicates thirty or more meld. (example: jump bid from 60 to 70)
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To play the first card to a trick. Also, the first card played to a trick, or the right to play the first card to a trick (as in "Whose lead is it?")
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A card used to meld a Pinochle -- either a queen of spades or a jack of diamonds. For example, Double Pinochle has four legs.
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When a player has the tops in a suit and will win the trick of that suit, regardless who leads it, provided the suit is not trumped
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To display and disclose meld at the time after the deal and before the trick taking phase of a hand
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The cards which do not score points when pulled during the trick taking phase of the hand (Queens and Jacks)
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To play a winning card of the trump suit onto a trick led by a non-trump suit that has already been ruffed
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Indicates that the player forfeits the right to bid on this and all subsequent rounds of bidding for the hand
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To remove a trick from the table after it is played; also, to force a particular card to be played
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A suit that includes at least one each of an ace, ten, king, queen, and jack. Colloquial aliases include: Straight, Book, Rope
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To deliberately delay playing winning cards, mostly aces, for a more opportune time, usually to get an extra counter or to save for a tempo
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When the bidding team pulls thirty-one or more points in tricks keeping the non-bidding team from saving
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When the non-bidding team pulls enough points in tricks keeping the bidding team from making the bid
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An advantage in time. A play utilized to gain an advantage, frequently used to force trumps or to keep a long suit on the board
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The suit named by the declarer after winning the bid. Also, to play a card of the trump suit onto a trick led by a non-trump suit; also,known as a cut or ruff
Sources: |
www.pagat.com/marriage/pingloss.html http://lebor.net/pinochle-glossary Winning Pinochle Strategies by Anthony Collins |