repique

/ rɪˈpiːk /

noun

1. a score of 30 points made from the cards held by a player before play begins

verb

1. to score a repique against (someone)

Word History and Origins

Origin of repique¹

from French repiq

Example Sentences

The nearly-as-big dobra offers a melody that plays in call-and-response style with the tom-tom-like repique, while the snare-like caixa offers the highest-pitched clatter.

From Washington Post

These are four in number, namely, the Carte Blanche, the Repique, the Pique, and the Capot.

From Project Gutenberg

When either player can score thirty or more by the contents of his hand alone, before his adversary can score anything, he gets what is called a repique, which enables him to add sixty to his score.

From Project Gutenberg

Good authorities attach even more importance to the point than to the cards, because it scores earlier, and may save a pique or a repique.

From Project Gutenberg

Pique, repique, and capot are not unfrequent; but the occurrence of carte blanche is exceedingly rare, occurring only about once in nine hundred deals.

From Project Gutenberg