Meaning

2 senses
  1. (uncountable)A street game in which players attempt to flick caps into a series of squares drawn on the ground.

  2. (US, countable)A knit cap.

Origin

From skull + -y; (game): from the skulls which are drawn around the center square in the g

From skull + -y; (game): from the skulls which are drawn around the center square in the game.

From skull + -y, it being a cap that goes over the head (skull).

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Forms

plural: skullies
Singularskully

uncountable

Synonyms

4 synonyms
skellyscullyskelsiesskilsies

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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