knucklebones
A children's game, originally played with the knucklebones of sheep, in which small…A children's game, originally played with the knucklebones of sheep, in which small objects are picked up, moved, thrown, and caught according to various rules.
» Tinhinane knows how to play knucklebones.
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1 senses(uncountable)A children's game, originally played with the knucklebones of sheep, in which small objects are picked up, moved, thrown, and caught according to various rules.
a game in which jackstones are thrown and picked up in various groups between bounces of a small rubber ball
Examples
4 sentencesTinhinane knows how to play knucklebones.
Ziri wants to write a book about knucklebones.
Ziri can play knucklebones.
Ziri talked about knucklebones.
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3 synonymsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
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