mumbletypeg
[ muhm-buh l-tee-peg ]
/ ˈmʌm bəl tiˌpɛg /
noun
a children's game played with a pocketknife, the object being to cause the blade to stick in the ground or a wooden surface by flipping the knife in a number of prescribed ways or from a number of prescribed positions.
Also
mum·ble·de·peg,
mum·ble·dy·peg
[muhm-buh l-dee-peg] /ˈmʌm bəl diˌpɛg/,
mumble peg,
mum·ble-the-peg
[muhm-buh l-th uh-peg] /ˈmʌm bəl ðəˌpɛg/,
mum·ble·ty-peg,
mum·bly-peg
[muhm-blee-peg] /ˈmʌm bliˌpɛg/.
Origin of mumbletypeg
1620–30; from phrase
mumble the peg (see
mumble); so named because the losing player was formerly required to pull a peg from the ground with his or her teeth
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mum,
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mumbai,
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mumbo jumbo,
mumchance,
mumetal,
mumford,
mummer
British Dictionary definitions for mumbledypeg
mumbletypeg
/ (ˈmʌmbəltɪˌpɛɡ) /
noun
US
a game in which players throw a knife in various prescribed ways, the aim being to make the blade stick in the ground
Word Origin for mumbletypeg
C17: from
mumble the peg, a loser in the game being required to pull the knife out of the ground using the teeth