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counting-out game

counting-out game noun: a simple children's game using a rhyme (the counting rhyme) to select a person from a group, more or less at random. The selected person then takes a particular role in another game that follows.

Noun

counting-out game (plural counting-out games)

  1. A simple children's game using a rhyme (the counting rhyme) to select a person from a group, more or less at random. The selected person then takes a particular role in another game that follows.

Forms of counting-out game

pluralcounting-out games

Questions about counting-out game

What does counting-out game mean?
Counting-out game means a simple children's game using a rhyme (the counting rhyme) to select a person from a group, more or less at random. The selected person then takes a particular role in another game that follows.
What part of speech is counting-out game?
Counting-out game is a noun.
What is the plural of counting-out game?
The plural of counting-out game is counting-out games.

Words near counting-out game in the dictionary

  1. counting towards
  2. counting up
  3. counting upon
  4. counting-house
  5. counting-houses
  6. counting-out game
  7. counting-out games
  8. counting-room
  9. counting-rooms
  10. countinghouse
  11. countinghouses

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