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grounders

/ˈɡɹaʊndə(ɹ)z/

grounders noun: a playground game in which one person is chosen to be "it" (and must keep their eyes shut) and tries to tag others, who become "it" instead, either by touching them or by calling out "grounders" while they are on the ground (rather than on a climber). Also the plural of grounder.

Noun

grounders (uncountable)

  1. (Canada, playground games) A playground game in which one person is chosen to be "it" (and must keep their eyes shut) and tries to tag others, who become "it" instead, either by touching them or by calling out "grounders" while they are on the ground (rather than on a climber).
    • "It's so cool," Nolan, a Grade 5 student at Dalhousie said, adding that he was looking forward to the first game of grounders. "It has three slides and I like the colours. They're really nice."2016 May 16, “Dalhousie ready to play”, in Winnipeg Free Press, archived from the original on 04 Mar 2023
    • Apparently, kids like to climb, swing and slide. Who knew? And they like playground games. Two favourites (ask a kid if you don't know) are grounders (it combines tag and hide-and-seek) and gaga ball (a kinder, gentler version of dodge ball).2017 April 5, Jeff Outhit, “UW students building the perfect playground”, in Waterloo Region Record, archived from the original on 04 Mar 2023

Also used as

grounders is also the plural of grounder.

Words that rhyme with grounders

Questions about grounders

What does grounders mean?
Grounders means a playground game in which one person is chosen to be "it" (and must keep their eyes shut) and tries to tag others, who become "it" instead, either by touching them or by calling out "grounders" while they are on the ground (rather than on a climber).
What part of speech is grounders?
Grounders is a noun.
How do you pronounce grounders?
Grounders is pronounced /ˈɡɹaʊndə(ɹ)z/.

Words near grounders in the dictionary

  1. grounded theory
  2. groundedly
  3. groundedness
  4. grounden
  5. grounder
  6. grounders
  7. groundes
  8. groundest
  9. groundfire
  10. groundfish
  11. groundfished

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