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One ace from each of the four suits

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The number of Aces added to the Meld count of a hand

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A five card suit with an ace, ten, king, queen and jack

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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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To have twenty or more meld as a 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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Currently Accepted Bidding System

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A King and Queen of the same suit that is not trump

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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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Partners cutting different suits

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To play a card of the trump suit onto a trick led by a non-trump suit is to trump a suit

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the person who dealt the cards, and is therefore the player in the dump position (see dump)

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The player who wins the auction, declares trump and leads the first trick

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Two aces in each of the four suits; also known as one hundred aces

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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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Two jacks from each of the four suits; also known as Forty Jacks

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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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Two kings from each of the four suits; also known as Eighty Kings

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Two queens of spades and two jacks of diamonds

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Two queens from each of the four suits; also known as Sixty Queens

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Losing a trick on purpose by not playing a trick winning card

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Declarer's partner

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To give the dealer the bid because all other players passed

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See Double Kings

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To play a card that, by the rules, makes another player play a winning card

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See Double Jacks

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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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See Burned

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A jack in each of the four suits

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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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A king in each of the four suits

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See Board (The)

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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 signal to your partner, indicating a suit you want led

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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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A card not likely to win a trick

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A king and queen of the same suit

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Points for specific card combinations

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a bid telling partner you have a certain range of meld in your hand

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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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See Overcut

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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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A jack of diamonds and a queen of spades, from which the game gets its name

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Power Pinochle

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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 queen in each of the four suits

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A marriage in each of the four suits

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A king and queen of the trump suit

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See Cut

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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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See Bid Up

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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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To pull a minimum of twenty points in the trick taking phase of the hand

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To bid a minimum for the sole purpose of keeping the bid from being dumped on your partner

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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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See Scratch

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Any non-trump suit(s)

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See Double Queens

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When both teams collect 25 points during the trick taking phase of the game.

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A club, diamond, heart or spade

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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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See Book

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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

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Lacking cards in a particular suit

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To win a trick with a card that would normally be considered a loser

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A card likely to win a trick