schneider

I. \\ˈshnīdə(r)\ noun (-s)

Etymology: German, literally, tailor, from Middle High German snīdære, from snīden to cut (from Old High German snīdan) + -ære -er (from Old High German -āri); akin to Old English snīthan to cut, Old Norse snītha to cut, Gothic sneithan to reap, Czech snět bough

1.

a. : the taking of 91 or more points by the bidder in skat or schafskopf or of 90 or more by the opponents

b. : failure of the loser of a game of gin rummy to score any point

c. : the winning of a game of sixty-six by a player before his opponent has scored 33 points

2. : the scoring effect of a schneider (as the doubling of the winner's score)

II. transitive verb (-ed/-ing/-s)

: to cause (an opponent) to lose by a schneider