counting-out game

English

Noun

counting-out game (plural counting-out games)

1. (games) A simple children's game using a rhyme (the counting rhyme) to select a person from a group, more or less at random. The selected person then takes a particular role in another game that follows.

   Coordinate term: counting rhyme

Translations

simple children's game using a rhyme to select a person from a group — see also counting rhyme

• Finnish: valintaloru
• French: formulette (fr) f
• Hungarian: kiszámoló(s) (mondóka/versike)
• Swedish: räkneramsa (sv) c

See also

• tinker, tailor
• eeny, meeny, miny, moe
• duck, duck, goose