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Alternative form of fives [(chiefly Britain) a ball game, somewhat like tennis, played against a wall.]
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(US) A perfect score on a school exam.
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(backgammon) The central divider between the inner and outer table of a backgammon board, where stones are placed if they are hit.
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A Canadian dice game akin to craps.
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(two-up) The piece of wood on which the spinner places the coins and then uses for throwing them.
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(obsolete) An early version of the game badminton.
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(sports, in combination) A person given a certain number or kind of bisques or advantages.
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(bridge) A container for holding pre-dealt cards that is used to allow multiple sets of players to play the same cards.
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(South Africa) A boys' game where two or three children form a base, and others jump on them to make the base collapse.
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Alternative form of break-building [(snooker) The act or skill of scoring points by making an uninterrupted series of pots.]
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(dated) A basketball player.
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(games) A game normally played by children, or as part of paintball, in which two teams have a flag which is stored at the other team's base. Whichever team returns their flag to their own base first is the winner.
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(uncountable) A billiard-like Indian game in which players take turns flicking checker-like pieces into one of four goals on the corners of a board measuring one meter by one meter.
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Alternative spelling of carom [(intransitive) To make a carom (shot in billiards).]
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(Australia, New Zealand) The ring in the gambling game two-up in which the spinner operates.
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(games, obsolete) A children's game in which players attempt to knock marbles into a hole without losing their taw in the same hole.
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(obsolete) The game of ninepins.
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A traditional fairground amusement where customers throw balls at a row of coconuts in an attempt to knock one off its support and thereby win it.
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A variety of pocket billiards that, like the card game, awards points for pairs that total 15. A player who pockets a ball of a particular number must then immediately pocket the companion ball that brings the number to 15.
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A game, popular in Canada, in which wooden discs are flicked towards the centre of a circular board.
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(uncountable) A fast-paced game, loosely based on billiards or pool, with many players participating at the same time.
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An ancient Chinese ball game involving kicking a ball through an opening into a net.
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(uncountable) A three-player pocket billiards game where the object is to be the last player with at least one ball still on the table.
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(sports) A sport played with a ball over a net on a tennis-like court, with the ball similar to the football one, and the net to the tennis one.
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A precursor to table tennis, played with hard rubber balls.
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(uncountable) A child's game in which players pass a ball or other item between them, with the object of avoiding being left holding the item when time expires.
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A sport resembling peteca, played with a large shuttlecock rather than a ball.
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The type of court where this game was played.
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A traditional Chinese sport in which players try to keep a weighted shuttlecock in the air with their bodies, usually by kicking.
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(South Africa, uncountable) A traditional game similar to quoits played by throwing the skei at the yoke.
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A South Asian team sport in which players must hold their breath while making raids into the opposing team's half of the field.
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(uncountable, game theory) A simple impartial game in combinatorial game theory, in which players take turns to knock out one pin or two adjacent pins from a line of imagined bowling pins.
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An ancient Japanese ball game, still played in modern times, in which players cooperate to try to keep a deerskin ball in the air.
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A game played by children, similar to tag, where tagged players are freed if an untagged player manages to kick over a discarded tin can etc. set up for this purpose.
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(uncountable, games) A game played (usually in a swimming pool) where one person runs or swims around blindly yelling "Marco" and everyone else must respond with "Polo" while the person who is "it" tries to locate them.
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An Israeli beach game in which two or more players hit a small ball back and forth using paddles.
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(in the plural) A game of marbles.
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(golf, gambling) A wager consisting essentially of three separate bets, for the best score on each of the front nine (holes 1–9), back nine (holes 10–18), and total 18 holes.
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A traditional game resembling baseball.
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(countable) An automobile spotted during the play of the game.
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A traditional Tuscan ball game played in the street.
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Alternative form of pétanque (“French boules game”) [A form of boules originating from the south of France.]
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An old game in which players attempt to throw pennies into a hole.
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(sports) a ceremonial ball game once played by the Aztecs and Maya; evolved into the ulama game.
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(games) A game where each player throws a stick on the upstream side of a bridge crossing a river, and see whose comes out first on the other side.
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The stake played for in certain games of cards, billiards, etc.; an aggregated stake to which each player has contributed a share; also, the receptacle for the stakes.
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The act of playing at basset, baccara, faro, etc.
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Synonym of Russian pyramid
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The game of pyramid pool.
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A competitive game in which players throw rings, aiming to land them over vertical sticks.
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A game for two players in which one uses two sticks to launch a hoop, the opponent attempting to catch it.
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(pinball) A raised target above the pinball table that is activated when the ball rolls underneath it.
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(juggling, rare in the singular) A type of juggling ball with a hard outer shell, filled with salt, sand or another similar substance.
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A children's game, played in a swimming pool, in which one player (the "shark") attempts to tag the others (the "minnows") as they try to cross the pool. Those who are tagged join in as sharks for the next round.
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(obsolete) The game of shuffleboard.
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A children's game in which the player with the ball (or other item) is tackled by the rest of the group, who attempt to retrieve it.
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(billiards, snooker) To bet on the outcome of a game
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(sports) In real tennis, a buttress-like obstruction in the main wall.
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A line or mark from which the players begin a game of marbles.
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Alternative form of tennikoit [A sport resembling tennis, played with a rubber ring instead of a ball.]
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A game resembling bagatelle, played on a special oblong board or table with a curved upper end, a set of numbered compartments at the lower end, side alleys, and the surface studded with pins and sometimes furnished with numbered depressions or cups.
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The mark for players at skittles, etc.
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(basketball, slang) A player for the Harlem Globetrotters basketball team.
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An Australian Aboriginal children's throwing game popular in some parts of Australia.
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The Wimbledon Championships, a prestigious tennis tournament.
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(sports) Initialism of mixed doubles. [(sports) A game played between two teams, each consisting of a female and a male.]
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