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sharks and minnows

sharks and minnows proper noun: a children's game, played in a swimming pool, in which one player (the "shark") attempts to tag the others (the "minnows") as they try to cross the pool. Those who are tagged join in as sharks for the next round.

Proper noun

sharks and minnows

  1. A children's game, played in a swimming pool, in which one player (the "shark") attempts to tag the others (the "minnows") as they try to cross the pool. Those who are tagged join in as sharks for the next round.

Questions about sharks and minnows

What does sharks and minnows mean?
Sharks and minnows means a children's game, played in a swimming pool, in which one player (the "shark") attempts to tag the others (the "minnows") as they try to cross the pool. Those who are tagged join in as sharks for the next round.
What part of speech is sharks and minnows?
Sharks and minnows is a proper noun.

Words near sharks and minnows in the dictionary

  1. sharkminnow
  2. sharkminnows
  3. sharknado
  4. Sharkovskii's theorem
  5. sharks
  6. sharks and minnows
  7. sharks up
  8. sharksfin
  9. sharkskin
  10. sharkskinned
  11. sharkskins

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