noun
Meaning 1
plural of spillikin
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, plural
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
spillikins
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noun
Meaning 2
A game in which players attempt to remove flat, carved sticks of ivory or wood (the individual spillikins of meaning 1) from a scattered pile without disturbing any stick other than the one currently being removed.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Examples
- Spillikins is a game of skill.
- Charlie loves playing spillikins.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
Alternative spelling of spillikins.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 4
a game in which players try to pick each jackstraw (or spillikin) off of a pile without moving any of the others
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: jackstraws
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: child's game
History
Etymology
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Across languages
Translations
22 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: микадо (mikado) — a game of skill
- Chinese Cantonese: 五色竹籤 /五色竹签 (ng5 sik1 zuk1 cim1) — a game of skill
- Chinese Mandarin: 挑竹籤 /挑竹签 (tiāozhúqiān) — a game of skill
- Chinese Mandarin: 五色竹籤 /五色竹签 (wǔsèzhúqiān) — a game of skill
- Chinese Mandarin: 挑棍 (tiāogùn) — a game of skill
- Chinese Mandarin: 挑棒等 (tiāobàngděng) — a game of skill
- French: jonchets — a game of skill
- French: jeu de jonchets — a game of skill
- French: honchets — a game of skill
- German: Mikado — a game of skill
- Italian: sciangai — a game of skill
- Italian: shangai — a game of skill
- Japanese: 竹ひご (takehigo) — a game of skill
- Japanese: 竹籤 (takehigo) — a game of skill
- Polish: bierki — a game of skill
- Portuguese: pega-varetas — a game of skill
- Portuguese: mikado — a game of skill
- Russian: бирю́льки (birjúlʹki) — a game of skill
- Russian: игра́ в бирю́льки (igrá v birjúlʹki) — a game of skill
- Spanish: palitos chinos — a game of skill
- Spanish: palillos — a game of skill
- Swedish: plockepinn — a game of skill