"marbles" meaning in English

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Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|p}} marbles pl (plural only)
  1. Any of several children's games played with small balls (made of marble or more commonly glass). Tags: plural, plural-only Translations (game): كُرَيَّات (kurayyāt) [feminine, plural] (Arabic), 弹珠 (dànzhū) (Chinese Mandarin), knikkers [plural] (Dutch), billes [feminine, plural] (French), marmi (Italian), hītimi (Maori), klinkekuler [feminine, masculine, plural] (Norwegian Bokmål), ਬੰਟੇ (baṇṭe) (Punjabi)
    Sense id: en-marbles-en-noun-zNChXlLS Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English pluralia tantum Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 27 2 34 4 32 Disambiguation of English pluralia tantum: 22 8 29 15 26 Disambiguation of 'game': 100 0 0
  2. (figurative, usually in a limited number of expressions) Sanity. Tags: figuratively, plural, plural-only Synonyms: buttons, sanity
    Sense id: en-marbles-en-noun-2q3h6aD6
  3. (motor racing) Bits of rolled-up rubber shed by the tires of race cars that accumulate at the edges of the track, especially at the corners. Tags: plural, plural-only Categories (topical): Motor racing
    Sense id: en-marbles-en-noun-xN~0wj3I Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English pluralia tantum Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 27 2 34 4 32 Disambiguation of English pluralia tantum: 22 8 29 15 26 Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, motor-racing, racing, sports
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: lose one's marbles, mouthful of marbles

Noun

Head templates: {{head|en|noun form}} marbles
  1. plural of marble Tags: form-of, plural Form of: marble
    Sense id: en-marbles-en-noun-vUFaizwZ Categories (other): English pluralia tantum Disambiguation of English pluralia tantum: 22 8 29 15 26

Verb

Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} marbles
  1. third-person singular simple present indicative of marble Tags: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person Form of: marble
    Sense id: en-marbles-en-verb-UxMXcERc Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English pluralia tantum Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 27 2 34 4 32 Disambiguation of English pluralia tantum: 22 8 29 15 26

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