"hand game" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: hand games [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} hand game (plural hand games)
  1. A game played using only players' hands.
    Sense id: en-hand_game-en-noun-01oIgNln Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 73 27
  2. Alternative form of handgame (“a Native American guessing game, in which marked "bones" are concealed in the hands of one team while another team guesses their location.”) Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: handgame (extra: “a Native American guessing game, in which marked "bones" are concealed in the hands of one team while another team guesses their location.”)
    Sense id: en-hand_game-en-noun-6UIwMsQt

Inflected forms

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