Phrase guide

spin the bottle

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A party game in which the players sit in a circle and spin a bottle in the middle, having to kiss (or perform some other dare with) the person at whom the bottle points when it stops.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Topics: games

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noun

Meaning 2

a game in which a player spins a bottle and kisses the person that it points to when it stops spinning

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Broader terms: child's game

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Across languages

Translations

10 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: бутилка (butilka) — game
  • Chinese Mandarin: 轉瓶子 /转瓶子 (zhuǎn píngzi) — game
  • Czech: flaška — game
  • Finnish: pullonpyöritys — game
  • German: Flaschendrehen — game
  • Hungarian: üvegezés — game
  • Hungarian: üvegforgatás — game
  • Italian: gioco della bottiglia — game
  • Polish: gra w butelkę — game
  • Russian: буты́лочка (butýločka) — game