tiddlywink
tid·dly·wink
tiddlywink · tiddlywinks · tiddlywinked · tiddlywinking
Especially of something disc-shaped: to flip over like a disc used in the game of…Especially of something disc-shaped: to flip over like a disc used in the game of tiddlywinks.
UK/ˈtɪdəlɪwɪŋk/US/ˈtɪdliˌwɪŋk/
Meaning
2 senses(UK, archaic, intransitive, obsolete)Especially of something disc-shaped: to flip over like a disc used in the game of tiddlywinks.
(UK, archaic, intransitive, obsolete)To play tiddlywinks.
Origin
The noun is possibly derived from tiddly (“(informal) little, tiny”) + wink (“blinking ofThe noun is possibly derived from tiddly (“(informal) little, tiny”) + wink (“blinking of one eye”), perhaps borrowed from etymology 1. The game, now called tiddlywinks, was patented by a British bank clerk, Joseph Assheton Fincher (1863–1900), on 19 October 1889, and the name Tiddledy-Winks trademarked by him the same year.
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Forms
tiddlywinks, tiddlywinking, tiddlywinked, tiddlywinked| Base form | tiddlywink · to tiddlywink |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | tiddlywinks |
| Present participle | tiddlywinking |
| Past simple | tiddlywinked |
| Past participle | tiddlywinked |
regular · Lesson
Word family
1 related wordsDerivedtiddlywinker
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle