mare

French language
Italian language
Latin language
Occitan language
Old Catalan language
Proto-Indo-European language
Proto-Italic language
Spanish language

From Old Catalan mare, from Latin māter, mātrem, from Proto-Italic *mātēr, from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr. Compare Occitan maire, French mère, Spanish madre, Italian madre.


pong

Borrowed from Hokkien 碰 (phòng). Compare English pung, Japanese 碰(ポン) (pon), Mandarin 碰 (pèng), Cantonese 碰 (pung³).

(playground games) the word that the tagged it says when catching a playmate, as in the game of hide and seek


mica

Borrowed from Latin mīca. Compare the inherited doublet miga.

(playground games, uncountable, El Salvador) tag, it (children's chasing game)


hopscotch

No-one. Meade’s timberyard. Piled balks. Ruins and tenements. With careful tread he passed over a hopscotch court with its forgotten pickeystone.

1922 February, James Joyce, “[Episode 5]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company, […], →OCLC:

(playground games) A child's game, in which a player, hopping on one foot, drives a stone from one compartment to another of a figure traced or scotched on the ground.


jackpot

Attested as jack-pot (“big prize”), 1944; from sense "slot machine" (1932), from obsolete poker sense (1881) "antes that begin when no player has a pair of jacks or better"; from jack (“playing card”) + pot.

As a little girl, I was something of a tomboy. I played jackpot in the mud at recess, and my Christmas wish lists consisted of baseball mitts and remote controlled cars.

2019 February 6, Amanda Zhang, “Amanda Zhang: There's no shame in liking "Twilight"”, in The Michigan Daily, Ann Arbor, M.I.: University of Michigan, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-07-20:

(playground games) A ball game in which a thrower calls out a point value and whether the ball must be caught "alive" (in the air) or "dead" (having touched the ground), and a group of catchers compete to catch the ball.


hide and seek

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I would sometimes lie down, and let five or six of them dance on my hand; and at last the boys and girls would venture to come and play at hide-and-seek in my hair.

1726, Jonathan Swift, Gulliver's Travels:

(playground games) A game where the players have to hide and one has to seek them out.


Leo

de-noun

Leo n (strong, genitive Leos, plural Leos)

Leos (genitive)
Leos (plural)
Leo (nominative singular)
Leos (definite nominative plural)
Leos (genitive singular)
Leos (definite genitive plural)
Leo (dative singular)
Leos (dative definite plural)
Leo (accusative singular)
Leos (accusative definite plural)

From Old High German lēo (“shelter”), from Proto-West Germanic *hlaiw.

(Austria, playground games) base (a safe zone in the children's game of tag)


avión

→ Southeastern Tepehuan: abion

→ Zoogocho Zapotec: avión

(colloquial, playground games, Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Venezuela) hopscotch


tips

(Australia, playground games, uncountable) tag (a popular children's chasing game)


manhunt

Manhunt is a variant of hide-and-seek, she tells me. One person is the seeker. Everyone else hides. If the seeker finds you, you become a seeker, too.

2019 February 1, Dave Atkinson, “The Storyline: Raising kids in your hometown a lot of fun”, in CBC News, archived from the original on 2019-02-05:

(playground games) A variant of hide and seek in which a player who is caught by the seeker themselves becomes a seeker, and the final player remaining is declared the winner.


tetherball

en-noun

tetherball (usually uncountable, plural tetherballs)

/ˈtɛðəˌbɔːl/

A two-person sport where players hit a ball on the end of a tether attached to the top of a pole in opposite directions, and the winner is the one who manages to make the tether wrap all the way round the pole.


four square

A sport played by four players where players have to hit a ball into other people's squares, and attempt to make a return hit.


cuc

cuci (plural)
cuc (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
cucul (accusative definite nominative singular)
cuci (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
cucii (accusative definite nominative plural)
cuc (indefinite singular)
cucului (definite singular)
cuci (indefinite singular)
cucilor (definite plural)
cucule (singular vocative)
cucilor (vocative)

Inherited from Late Latin cucus or cuccus. Compare Ancient Greek κόκκυξ (kókkux), Classical Latin cuculus.

a game played by little kids (like hide and go seek)


peregrina

(colloquial, playground games, El Salvador, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico) hopscotch


eeny, meeny, miny, moe

Compare Dutch iene miene mutte, German ene mene mu.

“...As for this thing”, ... he held up the shuttlecock, contaminated, in his outstretched right [hand], “this idiot tickler, the only thing it's good for is eeny-meeny-miney-mo”.

1959, John Knowles, chapter 3, in A Separate Peace:

“Well”, said Lord Galen in some dismay, “I suppose we shall have to cast lots or play at Eeni Meeni Mina Mo?”

1985, Lawrence Durrell, Quinx, Faber & Faber; (Avignon Quintet), published 2004, page 1252:

"Graham's quick reminder was crucial because I couldn't remember what anyone said. It was eeny-meany-miney-moe. Sue was miney."

2024 May 22, The Guardian, London, page 8, column 4:

(playground games) A method of choosing between two or more people or things, used by children. A child points to each item in turn (or alternately), while saying a rhyme starting "Eeny, meeny, miney, moe", moving to the next item after each word. The item pointed to on the last word of the rhyme is the one chosen.

حكرة بكرة

similar children's counting-out games in other languages

ála bála níca túrska paníca, oj gídi Vánčo naš kapitánčo

а́ла ба́ла ни́ца ту́рска пани́ца, ой ги́ди Ва́нчо наш капита́нчо

点着谁人做大兵

dim² zi² bing¹ bing¹, dim² zoek⁶ seoi⁴ jan⁴ zou⁶ daai⁶ bing¹

一二三四五，上山打老虎 (yī èr sān sì wǔ, shàngshān dǎ lǎohǔ, literally “12345, climb a mountain and beat a tiger”)

一只小猫坐飞机

nǐ pāiyī, wǒ pāiyī, yī zhī xiǎomāo zuò fēijī

ईना मीना डीका

īnā mīnā ḍīkā

Ec-pec/ecc-pecc, kime-hetsz, holnap-után bejö-hetsz, cér-nára, cine-gére, ugorj, cica, az͜ e-gérre, huss/fuss!

cap cip cup kembang kuncup, kuda lari kejepit pintu

entliczek pentliczek czerwony stoliczek na kogo wypadnie na tego bec


grounders

"It's so cool," Nolan, a Grade 5 student at Dalhousie said, adding that he was looking forward to the first game of grounders. "It has three slides and I like the colours. They're really nice."

2016 May 16, “Dalhousie ready to play”, in Winnipeg Free Press, archived from the original on 2023-03-04:

Apparently, kids like to climb, swing and slide. Who knew? And they like playground games. Two favourites (ask a kid if you don't know) are grounders (it combines tag and hide-and-seek) and gaga ball (a kinder, gentler version of dodge ball).

2017 April 5, Jeff Outhit, “UW students building the perfect playground”, in Waterloo Region Record, archived from the original on 2023-03-04:

The games they learn to play — like the tag game "grounders" or "cops-and-robbers" — are things that show up on many school playgrounds.

2019 July 16, Clare Hennig, “Future of summer camp for refugee children uncertain as student founders graduate”, in CBC News, archived from the original on 2021-10-26:

(Canada, playground games) A playground game in which one person is chosen to be "it" (and must keep their eyes shut) and tries to tag others, who become "it" instead, either by touching them or by calling out "grounders" while they are on the ground (rather than on a climber).


klasa

pl-noun

klasa f (related adjective klasowy, abbreviation kl.)

klasowy (adjective)
kl. (abbreviation)
klasa (nominative singular)
klasy (nominative plural)
klasy (genitive singular)
klas (genitive plural)
klasie (dative singular)
klasom (dative plural)
klasę (accusative singular)
klasy (accusative plural)
klasą (instrumental singular)
klasami (instrumental plural)
klasie (locative singular)
klasach (locative plural)
klaso (singular vocative)
klasy (plural vocative)

→ Kashubian: klasa

Internationalism; possibly borrowed from German Klasse or French classe, ultimately from Latin classis. Sense 13 is a semantic loan from English class. First attested in 1688.

ref

Jan Damasceński (1688) Mateusz Ignacy Kuligowski, transl., Krolewic Indiyski w Polski stroy przybrany Albo Historya O Swiętym Jozaphacie … y o Swiętym Barlaamie …/ Od Swiętego Iana Damascena napisana, a z Græckiego ięzyka na Łaciński od Iakuba Billiusza … przetłumaczona; Teraz zaś Przez X. Matthevsza Ignacego Kvligowskiego … na wiersz Polski przełożona … (in Polish), page 199:
Tákże, ktorzy Boginią swą bydź wyznawáią Element Wodę, y ći w głupstwie podlegáią Swym błędowi: bo Wodá od Bogá stworzona Iest ludźiom ná pożytek, y w moc im zlecona, Po ktorey oni wierzchu w rozmáite czásy Wypráwuią okręty, y woienne klássy; Bywa też poszpeconą od nich, bo do wody Ludźie rożne miotáią y gnoie, y smrody; A gdy ią ogień zwárzy, odmiány nábywa; Y częstokroć własnego koloru pozbywa: Bo zmieszána z iáką krwią iest czerwona: z wody Stáią się tákże przez mroz kryształowe lody.

(in the plural, playground games) hopscotch (child's game, in which a player, hopping on one foot, drives a stone from one compartment to another of a figure traced or scotched on the ground)


Synonym of jackpot (“a ball game in which a thrower calls out a point value and whether the ball must be caught "alive" (in the air) or "dead" (having touched the ground), and a group of catchers compete to catch the ball”)


escondidas

(playground games, Latin America) hide and seek


cops and robbers

(playground games) A game played by schoolchildren in which the "robbers" have to steal "gold" and return it to their "base" without being caught by the "cops" and taken to "jail". When in "jail", "prisoners" can be "freed" by other "robbers".


ringolevio

There was stickball, there was handball, and there was ringolevio. Carney had loved the game. It was like tag, but bigger and more monstrous. One team hunted and the other was pursued. “Jail” was a front stoop, or the trunk of a car owned by somebody who wouldn’t beat you for touching their ride. To capture an opponent, you had to hold on for the time it took to scream Ringolevio, one-two-three, one-two-three, one-two-three.

2023, Colson Whitehead, Crook Manifesto, Fleet, page 56:

(US, playground games) A children's game, a variation of tag, where each side has a designated "jail" to hold captured players from the other team.


taguan

[t̪ɐ.ɣʊˈʔan̪]

[t̪ɐˈɣuː.ʔɐn̪]


escondelero

Jugamos escondelero por media hora.

We played hide and seek for half an hour.

[…] Justicia dictaminó la libertad de los acusados al comprobarse que el matrimonio no secuestró al hijo sino que estaban jugando escondelero, […]

1988, Waldo Chávez Velasco, La corrupción y otras yerbas, EDICA, page 98:

[…] Justice ordered the freedom of the accused when it was proven that the marriage didn't kidnapped the son, but they were playing hide and seek, […]

Inicialmente salíamos frente a su casa, nos quedábamos hablando con Claudia la vecina de Nancy y luego se incorporaban, Daniel el Mocho, la Blanca, Lizet y su hermano Beto, Neto, Mario el Mudo, y así otros cipotes cheros que se organizaban para jugar de inmediato escondelero y ladrón librado.

2013, Roldán Alfredo Quintanilla Dimas, El último latido de una madre, Xlibris Corporation, page 54:

Initially we went out in front of her house, and we spent our time talking with Claudia, Nancy's neighbor, and then joined Daniel el Mocho, Blanca, Lizet and his brother Beto, Neto, Mario the Deaf, and so other children that were friends organized to play at once hide and seek and free the thief.

Pienso en esa vez que llovió tanto que se inundó el pueblo y las hormigas se agarraron de las manos, o de las antenas, no sé, pero armaron una fila, como si estuvieran jugando escondelero, 20, 19, 18 y las hormigas se agarraron unas a otras y así flotaron en grupo a esconderse ¿de quién? No sé.

2023, Javier Zamora, Solito: Una memoria, Random House, page 109:

I think about that time when it rained so much that the town flooded and the ants grasped each other by the hands, or by the antennas, I don't know, but they made a row, as though they were playing hide and seek, 20, 19, 18 and the ants grasped each other and so they floated in group in order to hide, from who? I don't know.

(playground games, El Salvador) hide and seek


pega-pega

/ˌpɛ.ɡɐˈpɛ.ɡɐ/

/ˌpɛ.ɡɐˈpɛ.ɡɐ/

/ˌpɛ.ɡɐˈpɛ.ɡɐ/

[ˌpɛ.ɣɐˈpɛ.ɣɐ]

tag (game in which a child attempts to catch other children)


rayuela

From raya (“line”) + -uela (diminutive suffix).

af

(playground games) hopscotch (a children's game)


ungo-ungo

(playground games) a variation of tag or hide and seek, where the it pretends to be a ghost or monster


Chinese garter

From Chinese + garter. See Chinese jump rope, a game said to have originated in 7th century China.

(Philippines, playground games) Chinese jump rope game using a meter long rubber garter strip


Chinese garter

(playground games) Chinese garter; Chinese jump rope (game)


Chinese garter

tl-noun

Chinese garter (Baybayin spelling ᜆ᜔ᜐᜌ᜔ᜈᜒᜐ᜔ ᜄᜇ᜔ᜆᜒᜇ᜔)

ᜆ᜔ᜐᜌ᜔ᜈᜒᜐ᜔ ᜄᜇ᜔ᜆᜒᜇ᜔ (Baybayin)

[ˌt͡ʃaɪ̯.n̪ɪs ˈɡaɾ.t̪ɛɾ]

[ˌt͡saɪ̯.n̪ɪs ˈɡaɾ.t̪ɛɾ]

Unadapted borrowing from English Chinese garter.


patotot

Compare Kapampangan patutut and Bikol Central patotot.

(playground games) a person holding the middle line in the game patintero


Chinese jump rope

(playground games) A children's game in which two participants hold a string of rubber bands tied in a circle with their feet and a third participant is challenged to make a certain series of moves in relation to the string successfully.

skákání gumy

to jump over a rope repeatedly as a game or exercise


beynte uno

tl-num

beynte uno (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜌ᜔ᜈ᜔ᜆᜒ ᜂᜈᜓ)

ᜊᜒᜌ᜔ᜈ᜔ᜆᜒ ᜂᜈᜓ (Baybayin)

(playground games) a variety of tag where people tagged also become taggers


bòlit

a Catalan and Valencian game similar to gilli-danda


tubigan

[t̪ʊˈbiː.ɣɐn̪]

From tubig + -an. The game of patintero is called as such, because one informally prepares the playing field via drawing lines on the ground (sand or soil) that look like tiny depressions on the ground reminiscent of irrigated fields on farms.

(playground games) patintero (traditional Filipino children's game)


patintero

pátintéro (canonical)
ᜉᜆᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜒᜇᜓ (Baybayin)

[ˌpaː.t̪ɪn̪ˈt̪ɛː.ɾo]


cavallfort

From cavall (“horse”) + fort (“strong”).

buck buck, Johnny-on-a-Pony (children's game)


ice ice water

(Philippines, playground games) A variation of freeze tag.


puppy guarding

In capture the flag, a player might get accused of puppy guarding if they are constantly standing on top of their own flag.

I really like this idea. It would also help in DM by making it harder for people to sit in one spot the whole time. No puppy guarding...

1996 July 16, Arthur Sankey, quoting JRo...@idsoftware.com, “11 Quake Monster Ideas!!”, in rec.games.computer.quake.editing (Usenet):

Once play begins there will be no re-calls, no re-re- calls, no replays, no redos, no puppy guarding, and no time-outs—unless authorized by me.

2003, Allen Kurzweil, Leon and the Spitting Image, New York, N.Y.: Greenwillow Books, →ISBN, page 34:

"No puppy guarding," Ryder complained. "Go back to the slide." / Brayden burst out laughing. "I haven't heard 'puppy guarding' in years. I can't believe kids still use it."

2015, Stacy Claflin, Seaside Heartbeats, →ISBN, page 149:

In various sports, playground games, etc.: spending the entire game defending a certain objective and thus preventing the normal progression of play.


monkey guarding

Ha remember playing hide and go seek freeze tag power-ranger ninja, with no monkey guarding, nd sneak peeking?

2012 January 31, @Tre_Moody, Twitter, archived from the original on 2023-07-19:

no monkey guarding

2017 April 23, @jesseepls, Twitter, archived from the original on 2023-07-19:


freeze tag

As part of the NFL initiative "Play 60," Garrard stressed to the 300 or so students the importance of at least an hour of exercise a day. He told them he enjoyed playing freeze tag, hide and seek or just playing with frogs outside.

2009 November 10, Mary Kelli Palka, “Student takes Jaguars QB to school”, in The Florida Times-Union, Jacksonville, F.L.: Gannett Co., Inc., →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-07-19:

(playground games) A variant of the playground game tag, in which a tagged player, rather than becoming "it", becomes "frozen" (and forbidden from moving) but may be unfrozen by being touched by an untagged player.


ਪਿੱਠੂ

pa-noun

ਪਿੱਠੂ • (piṭṭhū) m (Shahmukhi spelling پٹھو)

seven stones (children's team game played with flat stones and a ball)


ਲੁਕਣ ਛਿਪਣ

ਲੁਕਣਾ (lukṇā, “to hide”) + ਛਿਪਣਾ (chipṇā), variant of ਛੁਪਣਾ (chupṇā, “to hide”).


tago-taguan

tl-noun

tagô-taguán (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜄᜓᜆᜄᜓᜀᜈ᜔)

tagô-taguán (canonical)
ᜆᜄᜓᜆᜄᜓᜀᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)

[t̪ɐˌɣoʔ t̪ɐ.ɣʊˈʔan̪]

[t̪ɐˌɣoː t̪ɐ.ɣʊˈʔan̪]

Reduplication tago + -an, literally “pretending to hide; little hiding activity”.


guardar caixão

pt-verb

guardar caixão (first-person singular present guardo caixão, first-person singular preterite guardei caixão, past participle guardado caixão)

guardo caixão (first-person present singular)
guardei caixão (first-person preterite singular)
guardado caixão (participle past)
guardar caixão (impersonal infinitive)
guardar caixão (first-person infinitive singular)
guardares caixão (infinitive second-person singular)
guardar caixão (infinitive singular third-person)
guardarmos caixão (first-person infinitive plural)
guardardes caixão (infinitive plural second-person)
guardarem caixão (infinitive plural third-person)
guardando caixão (gerund)
guardado caixão (masculine participle past singular)
guardados caixão (masculine participle past plural)
guardada caixão (feminine participle past singular)
guardadas caixão (feminine participle past plural)
guardo caixão (first-person indicative present singular)
guardas caixão (indicative present second-person singular)
guarda caixão (indicative present singular third-person)
guardamos caixão (first-person indicative plural present)
guardais caixão (indicative plural present second-person)
guardam caixão (indicative plural present third-person)
guardava caixão (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
guardavas caixão (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
guardava caixão (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
guardávamos caixão (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
guardáveis caixão (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
guardavam caixão (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
guardei caixão (first-person indicative preterite singular)
guardaste caixão (indicative preterite second-person singular)
guardou caixão (indicative preterite singular third-person)
guardamos caixão (Brazil first-person indicative plural preterite)
guardámos caixão (first-person indicative plural preterite)
guardastes caixão (indicative plural preterite second-person)
guardaram caixão (indicative plural preterite third-person)
guardara caixão (first-person indicative pluperfect singular)
guardaras caixão (indicative pluperfect second-person singular)
guardara caixão (indicative pluperfect singular third-person)
guardáramos caixão (first-person indicative pluperfect plural)
guardáreis caixão (indicative pluperfect plural second-person)
guardaram caixão (indicative pluperfect plural third-person)
guardarei caixão (first-person future indicative singular)
guardarás caixão (future indicative second-person singular)
guardará caixão (future indicative singular third-person)
guardaremos caixão (first-person future indicative plural)
guardareis caixão (future indicative plural second-person)
guardarão caixão (future indicative plural third-person)
guardaria caixão (conditional first-person singular)
guardarias caixão (conditional second-person singular)
guardaria caixão (conditional singular third-person)
guardaríamos caixão (conditional first-person plural)
guardaríeis caixão (conditional plural second-person)
guardariam caixão (conditional plural third-person)
guarde caixão (first-person present singular subjunctive)
guardes caixão (present second-person singular subjunctive)
guarde caixão (present singular subjunctive third-person)
guardemos caixão (first-person plural present subjunctive)
guardeis caixão (plural present second-person subjunctive)
guardem caixão (plural present subjunctive third-person)
guardasse caixão (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
guardasses caixão (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
guardasse caixão (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
guardássemos caixão (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
guardásseis caixão (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
guardassem caixão (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
guardar caixão (first-person future singular subjunctive)
guardares caixão (future second-person singular subjunctive)
guardar caixão (future singular subjunctive third-person)
guardarmos caixão (first-person future plural subjunctive)
guardardes caixão (future plural second-person subjunctive)
guardarem caixão (future plural subjunctive third-person)
guarda caixão (imperative second-person singular)
guarde caixão (imperative singular third-person)
guardemos caixão (first-person imperative plural)
guardai caixão (imperative plural second-person)
guardem caixão (imperative plural third-person)
não guardes caixão (imperative negative second-person singular)
não guarde caixão (imperative negative singular third-person)
não guardemos caixão (first-person imperative negative plural)
não guardeis caixão (imperative negative plural second-person)
não guardem caixão (imperative negative plural third-person)

[ɡwaɦˈda(h) kaɪ̯ˈʃɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[ɡwaɦˈda(h) kaɪ̯ˈʃɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[ɡwaɾˈda(ɾ) kaɪ̯ˈʃɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[ɡwaʁˈda(χ) kaɪ̯ˈʃɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

[ɡwaɻˈda(ɻ) kaɪ̯ˈʃɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

(intransitive, Brazil, playground games) to stay at the home base in a game of hide and seek, waiting for other players to come instead of seeking them.


fazer caixão

fazer caixão (first-person singular present faço caixão, first-person singular preterite fiz caixão, past participle feito caixão)

faço caixão (first-person present singular)
fiz caixão (first-person preterite singular)
feito caixão (participle past)
fazer caixão (impersonal infinitive)
fazer caixão (first-person infinitive singular)
fazeres caixão (infinitive second-person singular)
fazer caixão (infinitive singular third-person)
fazermos caixão (first-person infinitive plural)
fazerdes caixão (infinitive plural second-person)
fazerem caixão (infinitive plural third-person)
fazendo caixão (gerund)
feito caixão (masculine participle past singular)
feitos caixão (masculine participle past plural)
feita caixão (feminine participle past singular)
feitas caixão (feminine participle past plural)
faço caixão (first-person indicative present singular)
fazes caixão (indicative present second-person singular)
faz caixão (indicative present singular third-person)
fazemos caixão (first-person indicative plural present)
fazeis caixão (indicative plural present second-person)
fazem caixão (indicative plural present third-person)
fazia caixão (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
fazias caixão (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
fazia caixão (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
fazíamos caixão (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
fazíeis caixão (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
faziam caixão (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
fiz caixão (first-person indicative preterite singular)
fizeste caixão (indicative preterite second-person singular)
fez caixão (indicative preterite singular third-person)
fizemos caixão (first-person indicative plural preterite)
fizestes caixão (indicative plural preterite second-person)
fizeram caixão (indicative plural preterite third-person)
fizera caixão (first-person indicative pluperfect singular)
fizeras caixão (indicative pluperfect second-person singular)
fizera caixão (indicative pluperfect singular third-person)
fizéramos caixão (first-person indicative pluperfect plural)
fizéreis caixão (indicative pluperfect plural second-person)
fizeram caixão (indicative pluperfect plural third-person)
farei caixão (first-person future indicative singular)
farás caixão (future indicative second-person singular)
fará caixão (future indicative singular third-person)
faremos caixão (first-person future indicative plural)
fareis caixão (future indicative plural second-person)
farão caixão (future indicative plural third-person)
faria caixão (conditional first-person singular)
farias caixão (conditional second-person singular)
faria caixão (conditional singular third-person)
faríamos caixão (conditional first-person plural)
faríeis caixão (conditional plural second-person)
fariam caixão (conditional plural third-person)
faça caixão (first-person present singular subjunctive)
faças caixão (present second-person singular subjunctive)
faça caixão (present singular subjunctive third-person)
façamos caixão (first-person plural present subjunctive)
façais caixão (plural present second-person subjunctive)
façam caixão (plural present subjunctive third-person)
fizesse caixão (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
fizesses caixão (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
fizesse caixão (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
fizéssemos caixão (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
fizésseis caixão (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
fizessem caixão (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
fizer caixão (first-person future singular subjunctive)
fizeres caixão (future second-person singular subjunctive)
fizer caixão (future singular subjunctive third-person)
fizermos caixão (first-person future plural subjunctive)
fizerdes caixão (future plural second-person subjunctive)
fizerem caixão (future plural subjunctive third-person)
faz caixão (imperative second-person singular)
faze caixão (Brazil imperative second-person singular)
faça caixão (imperative singular third-person)
façamos caixão (first-person imperative plural)
fazei caixão (imperative plural second-person)
façam caixão (imperative plural third-person)
não faças caixão (imperative negative second-person singular)
não faça caixão (imperative negative singular third-person)
não façamos caixão (first-person imperative negative plural)
não façais caixão (imperative negative plural second-person)
não façam caixão (imperative negative plural third-person)

guardar caixão
guardar caixão#Portuguese

(intransitive, Portugal, playground games) Synonym of guardar caixão


ਗੁੱਲੀ ਡੰਡਾ

pa-noun

ਗੁੱਲੀ ਡੰਡਾ • (gullī ḍaṇḍā) m (Shahmukhi spelling گلی ڈنڈا)

gullī ḍaṇḍā (romanization)
گلی ڈنڈا (Shahmukhi)

ਗੁੱਲੀ (gullī, “billet”) + ਡੰਡਾ (ḍaṇḍā, “stick”)

com

gilli-danda (children's game similar to tipcat)


tusquia

(playground games, El Salvador) a children's game where a player snatches another player's possesions, often food or toys, while saying "tusquia."


arranca cebolla

(playground games) a children's game where participants form a queue and grasp the person in front of each one from the hips, all attempting to pull the first person of the queue called the "onion", who is grasping a solid structure, often a tree or a pole.


agawan base

team game whose main objective is to touch the base of the opposition without getting tagged


agawan base

tl-noun

agawán base (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜄᜏᜈ᜔ ᜊᜒᜌ᜔ᜐ᜔)

agawán base (canonical)
ᜀᜄᜏᜈ᜔ ᜊᜒᜌ᜔ᜐ᜔ (Baybayin)

From agawan + English base, literally “snatching of bases”.


washington

tlb

(playground games, Philippines, chiefly Baguio)


washington

tl-noun

wáshingtón (Baybayin spelling ᜏᜐ᜔ᜌᜒᜅ᜔ᜆᜓᜈ᜔)

wáshingtón (canonical)
ᜏᜐ᜔ᜌᜒᜅ᜔ᜆᜓᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)

Tara, laro tayo ng washington mamayang lunch.


tongtong

(playground games) a line traced on the ground where children start their play


ketcha

Go outside with your children if you have space and do some simple stretching exercises early in the morning. Playing 'ketcha', or kicking or throwing a ball around helps your blood circulate.

2021 February 1, “Teach your child today”, in The Guyana Chronicle, archived from the original on 2024-09-21:

(Guyana, playground games) A game similar to tag and hide and seek, in which one player is chosen to chase the others and a player who is caught becomes the new chaser.


cama de gato

(playground games) cat's cradle (children's game of forming string into various shapes around one's fingers)


police and thief

(Singapore, playground games) The children's game of tag, with one team taking the role of police and the other the role of robbers.