piggy in the middle
piggy in the middle noun: a game where one group has to keep an object, normally a ball, within their group and away from another group or individual.
Noun
piggy in the middle (countable and uncountable, plural piggies in the middle)
- A game where one group has to keep an object, normally a ball, within their group and away from another group or individual.
- The player in that game from whom the object is kept away.
- Keeping something between one's own group, away from others.
- A person caught in an awkward situation between two other people.
- Millions of us who work in companies of all sizes are piggies in the middle. We are trussed up, torn between the old and the new, and just trying to make things work.2009, Susan Rice Lincoln, Mastering Web 2.0
Forms of piggy in the middle
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Questions about piggy in the middle
- What does piggy in the middle mean?
- Piggy in the middle means a game where one group has to keep an object, normally a ball, within their group and away from another group or individual.
- What part of speech is piggy in the middle?
- Piggy in the middle is a noun.
- What is the plural of piggy in the middle?
- The plural of piggy in the middle is piggies in the middle.
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