rock paper scissors
rock paper scissors noun: a popular children's game using three hand signs representing rock, paper and scissors, frequently used as a tiebreaker.
Noun
rock paper scissors (uncountable)
- A popular children's game using three hand signs representing rock, paper and scissors, frequently used as a tiebreaker.
- Any situation where strategies are not transitive, meaning each strategy is strong against some strategies and weak against others in a loop such that there is no universally best option.
rock paper scissors meaning in Hindi, Tagalog, Arabic and Indonesian
rock paper scissors in Hindi
- popular child's game
- रॉक कागज कैंची rŏk kāgaj ka͠icī
rock paper scissors in Tagalog
- popular child's game
- jak-en-poy, bato bato pik
rock paper scissors in Arabic
- popular child's game
- حَجَر وَرَقَة مِقَصّ ḥajar waraqa miqaṣṣ, حَجَر وَرَق مِقَصّ ḥajar waraq miqaṣṣ
rock paper scissors in Indonesian
- popular child's game
- suit, suten
More languagesFewer languages
- rock paper scissors in Thai
- เป่ายิ้งฉุบ bpào-yíng-chùp
- rock paper scissors in Vietnamese
- oẳn tù tì, xù xi, kéo búa bao
- rock paper scissors in Myanmar
- စုံစွမ်စိ cumcwamci.
Synonyms of rock paper scissors
Forms of rock paper scissors
| alternative form | rock-paper-scissors |
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Origin of rock paper scissors
After the handshapes.
Words formed from rock paper scissors
Questions about rock paper scissors
- What does rock paper scissors mean?
- Rock paper scissors means a popular children's game using three hand signs representing rock, paper and scissors, frequently used as a tiebreaker.
- What is rock paper scissors in Hindi?
- Rock paper scissors in Hindi is रॉक कागज कैंची (rŏk kāgaj ka͠icī). See Rock paper scissors meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is rock paper scissors?
- Rock paper scissors is a noun.
Words near rock paper scissors in the dictionary
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