(games) A game normally played by children, or as part of paintball, in which two teams have a flag which is stored at the other team's base. Whichever team returns their flag to their own base first is the winner.
(uncountable) A billiard-like Indian game in which players take turns flicking checker-like pieces into one of four goals on the corners of a board measuring one meter by one meter.
A variety of pocket billiards that, like the card game, awards points for pairs that total 15. A player who pockets a ball of a particular number must then immediately pocket the companion ball that brings the number to 15.
(uncountable) A child's game in which players pass a ball or other item between them, with the object of avoiding being left holding the item when time expires.
(uncountable, game theory) A simple impartial game in combinatorial game theory, in which players take turns to knock out one pin or two adjacent pins from a line of imagined bowling pins.
A game played by children, similar to tag, where tagged players are freed if an untagged player manages to kick over a discarded tin can etc. set up for this purpose.
(uncountable, games) A game played (usually in a swimming pool) where one person runs or swims around blindly yelling "Marco" and everyone else must respond with "Polo" while the person who is "it" tries to locate them.
(golf, gambling) A wager consisting essentially of three separate bets, for the best score on each of the front nine (holes 1–9), back nine (holes 10–18), and total 18 holes.
The stake played for in certain games of cards, billiards, etc.; an aggregated stake to which each player has contributed a share; also, the receptacle for the stakes.
A children's game, played in a swimming pool, in which one player (the "shark") attempts to tag the others (the "minnows") as they try to cross the pool. Those who are tagged join in as sharks for the next round.
A game resembling bagatelle, played on a special oblong board or table with a curved upper end, a set of numbered compartments at the lower end, side alleys, and the surface studded with pins and sometimes furnished with numbered depressions or cups.
(sports) Initialism of mixed doubles. [(sports) A game played between two teams, each consisting of a female and a male.]
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