"counting-out game" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: counting-out games [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|head=counting-out game}} counting-out game (plural counting-out games)
  1. (games) 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. Wikipedia link: counting-out game Categories (topical): Games Related terms: tinker, tailor, eeny, meeny, miny, moe, duck, duck, goose Translations: valintaloru (Finnish), formulette [feminine] (French), kiszámoló (s) (mondóka/versike) (Hungarian), räkneramsa [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-counting-out_game-en-noun-lidn7y2U Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: games

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