Meaning

3 senses
  1. (plural, plural only)Any of several children's games played with small balls (made of marble or more commonly glass).

    Egyptian boys played marbles before the days of Moses.

    a children's game played with little balls made of a hard substance (as glass)

  2. (figuratively, plural, plural only)Sanity.

    Grandpa's lost his marbles, but at least he still recognizes us.

    Granny's still got all her marbles.

  3. (plural, plural only)Bits of rolled-up rubber shed by the tires of race cars that accumulate at the edges of the track, especially at the corners.

Translations

2 languages

Forms

plural: marbleses
Singularmarbles
Pluralmarbleses

regular

Synonyms

8 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • the basic human power of intelligent thought and perception:wits

See also

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