Meaning

4 senses
  1. (uncountable)A game where one group has to keep an object, normally a ball, within their group and away from another group or individual.

  2. (countable)The player in that game from whom the object is kept away.

  3. (broadly, countable, uncountable)Keeping something between one's own group, away from others.

  4. (countable)A person caught in an awkward situation between two other people.

Forms

plural: piggies in the middle

Word family

1 related words
Relatedkeep-away

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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