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I spy

I spy noun: a game where players have to guess what one can see, based on the initial letter of the object.

Noun

I spy (uncountable)

  1. A game where players have to guess what one can see, based on the initial letter of the object.
    • - Let's play I spy! I spy with my little eye something beginning with W.
      - Is it a watering-can?
  2. (archaic) A children's game of hide and seek, so called from the cry when one is found.

Forms of I spy

alternative formI-spy

Origin of I spy

From the phrase I spy with my little eye used in the game.

Questions about I spy

What does I spy mean?
I spy means a game where players have to guess what one can see, based on the initial letter of the object.
What part of speech is I spy?
I spy is a noun.

Words near I spy in the dictionary

  1. I see, said the blind man
  2. I shiggy diggy
  3. I shit you not
  4. I should coco
  5. I should cocoa
  6. I spy
  7. I spy with my little eye
  8. I stand corrected
  9. I swear
  10. I take it
  11. I tell a lie

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