child's game
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1. a game enjoyed by children (noun.act)
| hypernym | : | game, |
| definition | : | a contest with rules to determine a winner (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | cat and mouse, cat and rat, |
| definition | : | a game for children in which the players form a circle and join hands; they raise their hands to let a player inside the circle or lower their hands to bar a second player who is chasing the first (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | cat's cradle, |
| definition | : | a game played with string looped over the fingers (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | hide and go seek, hide-and-seek, |
| definition | : | a game in which a child covers his eyes while the other players hide then tries to find them (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | hopscotch, |
| definition | : | a game in which a child tosses a stone into an area drawn on the ground and then hops through it and back to regain the stone (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | jacks, jackstones, knucklebones, |
| definition | : | a game in which jackstones are thrown and picked up in various groups between bounces of a small rubber ball (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | jackstraws, spillikins, |
| definition | : | a game in which players try to pick each jackstraw (or spillikin) off of a pile without moving any of the others (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | jump rope, |
| definition | : | a child's game or a cardiopulmonary exercise in which the player jumps over a swinging rope (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | leapfrog, |
| definition | : | a game in which one child bends down and another leaps over (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | marbles, |
| definition | : | a children's game played with little balls made of a hard substance (as glass) (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | mumble-the-peg, mumblety-peg, |
| definition | : | a game in which players throw or flip a jackknife in various ways so that the knife sticks in the ground (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | going to jerusalem, musical chairs, |
| definition | : | a child's game in which players march to music around a group of chairs that contains one chair less than the number of players; when the music abruptly stops the players scramble to sit and the player who does not find a chair is eliminated; then a chair is removed and the march resumes until only the winner is seated (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | bopeep, peekaboo, |
| definition | : | a game played with young children; you hide your face and suddenly reveal it as you say boo! (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | pillow fight, |
| definition | : | a child's game of fighting with pillows (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | post office, |
| definition | : | a children's game in which kisses are exchanged for pretended letters (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | spin the bottle, |
| definition | : | a game in which a player spins a bottle and kisses the person that it points to when it stops spinning (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | spin the plate, spin the platter, |
| definition | : | a game in which something round (as a plate) is spun on edge and the name of a player is called; the named player must catch the spinning object before it falls or pay a forfeit (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | tag, |
| definition | : | a game in which one child chases the others; the one who is caught becomes the next chaser (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | tiddlywinks, |
| definition | : | a game in which players try to flip plastic disks into a cup by pressing them on the side sharply with a larger disk (noun.act) |
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