Phrase guide
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Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
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noun
rock paper scissors
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Hawaii
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Synonyms: janken, paper scissors stone, roshambo, scissors paper rock, scissors paper stone
Antonyms: none provided
History
Borrowed from Hawaiian Creole jan ken po, from Japanese じゃんけんぽん (jankenpon), from Japanese じゃんけん (janken). Doublet of janken.
