1. a card game for two to four players using a 48-card deck, in which points are scored by melding certain combinations of cards and by taking tricks

Examples

• My grandparents taught me how to play pinocle during summer visits.
• The pinocle tournament at the community center draws players from across town.
• She shuffled the pinocle deck and dealt twelve cards to each player.
• Learning the melding combinations in pinocle takes practice.
• They played pinocle every Friday night for twenty years.
• The pinocle game lasted well into the evening.