What does "pinochle" mean?

A card game, similar to bezique.

Pinochle

Common synonyms include: american card game, bezique, card game, double deck, engage in pinochle, participate in pinochle.

/ˈpiˌnʌk.l̩/ noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Noun

1
A card game, similar to bezique. countable, uncountable
"He remembered all—every pinochle game, every woman, every sad night."
2
a card game played with a pack of forty-eight cards (two of each suit for high cards); play resembles whist wordnet
3
A meld of the jack of diamonds and queen of spades in that card game. countable, uncountable

"He remembered all—every pinochle game, every woman, every sad night."

Perhaps from German Binokel, French binocle (literally “pince-nez”), a related card game.