spillikin

/'spilikin/ Cách viết khác : (spelicans) /'spelikənz/

Thân thiện

A child carefully removes a single spillikin from the pile.

Definition

Noun: - A small, thin piece of wood, bone, or plastic, typically one of a set, used in a game where players attempt to remove them one by one from a pile without disturbing the others. The game is also known as jackstraws or pick-up sticks.

Usage

The word "spillikin" refers specifically to the individual stick used in the game. It is a somewhat old-fashioned or specialized term. - He carefully removed a single spillikin from the tangled heap. - The set contained fifty brightly colored spillikins.

Advanced Usage

• The term is often used in its plural form, "spillikins," to refer to the game itself or the complete set of sticks.
  • The children were quietly playing a game of spillikins on the floor.

Variants and Related Words

• Spillikins (n): The game played with spillikins; the collective set of sticks.
• Jackstraw (n): A synonym for a spillikin; also the name of the game.
• Pick-up stick (n): A modern, common term for a spillikin.

Synonyms

• Jackstraw
• Pick-up stick

Notes

"Spillikin" is not commonly used in everyday modern English. The game and its pieces are more frequently referred to as "pick-up sticks" or "jackstraws."

Học thuật

Noun

1. a thin strip of wood used in playing the game of jackstraws

Từ đồng nghĩa

• jackstraw