| has gloss | (noun) a game enjoyed by children
child's game |
| lexicalization | eng: child's game |
| subclass of | (noun) a contest with rules to determine a winner; "you need four people to play this game"
game |
| has subclass | (noun) a children's game in which a blindfolded player tries to catch and identify other players
blindman's buff, blindman's bluff |
| has subclass | (noun) a game for children in which the players form a circle and join hands; they raise their hands to let a player inside the circle or lower their hands to bar a second player who is chasing the first
cat and mouse, cat and rat |
| has subclass | (noun) a game played with string looped over the fingers
cat's cradle |
| has subclass | (noun) a game in which a child covers his eyes while the other players hide then tries to find them
hide-and-seek, hide and go seek |
| has subclass | (noun) a game in which a child tosses a stone into an area drawn on the ground and then hops through it and back to regain the stone
hopscotch |
| has subclass | (noun) a game in which jackstones are thrown and picked up in various groups between bounces of a small rubber ball
jackstones, knucklebones, jacks |
| has subclass | (noun) a game in which players try to pick each jackstraw (or spillikin) off of a pile without moving any of the others
jackstraws, spillikins |
| has subclass | (noun) a child's game or a cardiopulmonary exercise in which the player jumps over a swinging rope
jump rope |
| has subclass | (noun) a game in which one child bends down and another leaps over
leapfrog |
| has subclass | (noun) a children's game played with little balls made of a hard substance (as glass)
marbles |
| has subclass | (noun) a game in which players throw or flip a jackknife in various ways so that the knife sticks in the ground
mumble-the-peg, mumblety-peg |
| has subclass | (noun) a child's game in which players march to music around a group of chairs that contains one chair less than the number of players; when the music abruptly stops the players scramble to sit and the player who does not find a chair is eliminated; then a chair is removed and the march resumes until only the winner is seated
musical chairs, going to Jerusalem |
| has subclass | (noun) a game played with young children; you hide your face and suddenly reveal it as you say boo!
peekaboo, bopeep |
| has subclass | (noun) a child's game of fighting with pillows
pillow fight |
| has subclass | (noun) a children's game in which kisses are exchanged for pretended letters
post office |
| has subclass | (noun) a game in which a player spins a bottle and kisses the person that it points to when it stops spinning
spin the bottle |
| has subclass | (noun) a game in which something round (as a plate) is spun on edge and the name of a player is called; the named player must catch the spinning object before it falls or pay a forfeit
spin the plate, spin the platter |
| has subclass | (noun) a game in which one child chases the others; the one who is caught becomes the next chaser
tag |
| has subclass | (noun) a game in which players try to flip plastic disks into a cup by pressing them on the side sharply with a larger disk
tiddlywinks |