tensies
tensies noun: a call in any children's game, such as jacks, where ten actions must be performed.
Noun
tensies (plural tensies)
- A call in any children's game, such as jacks, where ten actions must be performed.
- He saw Lindy playing jacks on the sidewalk in Front of the store, snatching up ninesies and tensies in a heedless, all-out swoop that kept the backs of her fingers perpetually scraped raw.2004, Anne Tyler, The amateur marriage, page 282
Forms of tensies
| plural | tensies |
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Origin of tensies
From ten + -sies.
Questions about tensies
- What does tensies mean?
- Tensies means a call in any children's game, such as jacks, where ten actions must be performed.
- What part of speech is tensies?
- Tensies is a noun.
- What is the plural of tensies?
- The plural of tensies is tensies.
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