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counting-out games

counting-out games is the plural of counting-out game.

Meaning of counting-out game

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.

Questions about counting-out games

What is counting-out games the plural of?
Counting-out games is the plural of counting-out game.

Words near counting-out games in the dictionary

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

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