English Explanatory Dictionary

counting-out game

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A simple children's game using a rhyme (the counting rhyme) to select a person from a group, more or less at random. The selected person then takes a particular role in another game that follows.

Word forms

counting-out game counting-out games

Related words

tinker, tailor eeny, meeny, miny, moe duck, duck, goose
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