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marbles

marbles noun: any of several children's games played with small balls (made of marble or more commonly glass). Also the plural of marble.

marbles: any of several children's games played with small balls (made of marble or more commonly glass)
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Noun

marbles pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) Any of several children's games played with small balls (made of marble or more commonly glass).
    • Egyptian boys played marbles before the days of Moses.
  2. (figuratively, plural, plural-only, usually in a limited number of expressions) Sanity.
    • Grandpa's lost his marbles, but at least he still recognizes us.
    • Granny's still got all her marbles.
  3. (plural, plural-only) Bits of rolled-up rubber shed by the tires of race cars that accumulate at the edges of the track, especially at the corners.
    • Some corners are littered with marbles, off the racing line.2014, Amen Zwa, Going Nowhere Fast In Assetto Corsa (2015-05-01), →ISBN, page 395

Proper noun capitalized: Marbles

Marbles

  1. (plural) plural of Marble

Also used as

marbles is also the plural of marble.

marbles is also the third-person singular simple present indicative of marble.

marbles meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Telugu and Malayalam

marbles in Tamil

பளிங்குகள்

marbles in Urdu

ماربلز

marbles in Telugu

మార్బుల్స్

marbles in Malayalam

മാർബിളുകൾ, മാർബിൾസ്
More languagesFewer languages
marbles in Kannada
ಮಾರ್ಬಲ್ಗಳು
marbles in Punjabi
ਬੰਟੇ baṇṭe
marbles in Gujarati
માર્બલ્સ
marbles in Nepali
मार्बलहरू
marbles in Arabic
كُرَيَّات kurayyāt

Examples of marbles in a sentence

  • His lack of marbles is becoming ever more apparent.
  • There are times when you are certain that the person speaking to you has completely misplaced his marbles.2005, Sue Henry, The Serpents Trail, page 86:

Synonyms of marbles

Words formed from marbles

Phrases with marbles

5 more phrasesFewer phrases

Questions about marbles

What does marbles mean?
Marbles means any of several children's games played with small balls (made of marble or more commonly glass).
What is marbles in Tamil?
Marbles in Tamil is பளிங்குகள். See Marbles meaning in Tamil.
How do you use marbles in a sentence?
His lack of marbles is becoming ever more apparent.
What part of speech is marbles?
Marbles can be a noun or a proper noun.

Words near marbles in the dictionary

  1. marbleless
  2. marblelike
  3. marbleness
  4. marbler
  5. marblers
  6. marbles
  7. Marbletown
  8. Marblette
  9. marblewood
  10. marblework
  11. marbling

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Adapted from Wiktionary: marbles (page history and authors); Marbles (page history and authors); marbles (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); marbles (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); marbles (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); marbles (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); marbles (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); marbles (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); marbles (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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