what's my thought like? (also †what's my thought?): a guessing game involving similes and word association.
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| 释义 | society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > parlour and party games > [noun] > guessing game > specific (9) what's my thought like?1748 what's my thought like? (also †what's my thought?): a guessing game involving similes and word association. twenty questions1786 a parlour game in which one party is allowed twenty questions (answered by either ‘yes’ or ‘no’) to discover the object of the other's thoughts; spec.… charade1826 A kind of riddle in which each syllable of a word, or a complete word or phrase, is enigmatically described, or (now more usually) dramatically… how, when, and where1843 †how and about: with reference to, (all) about. here's how! a formula used in drinking healths. how chance: see chance, v. 5.how, when, and where… proverbs1855 In plural. A name for various games played with proverbs or popular sayings, esp. one in which a proverb is to be guessed by asking questions of a… hy-spy1876 A children's game played in many parts of Great Britain and of the United States, in which a seeker, on discovering one of the hiders, cries ‘hy… game1937 With the, and usually with capital initial. A form of charades, played between competing teams, in which players silently act out to their… I spy (with my little eye)1946 In the names of children's games: (a) hy-spy, I spy: see hy-spy, n.; (b) I spy (with my little eye), a game in which one player selects an object… Subcategories:— specific part (1) |
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