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