ringolevio

English

Alternative forms

• relievio
• ringalevio, ring-a-levio

Noun

ringolevio (uncountable)

1. (US, playground games) A children's game, a variation of tag, where each side has a designated "jail" to hold captured players from the other team.
   • 2023, Colson Whitehead, Crook Manifesto, Fleet, page 56:

     There was stickball, there was handball, and there was ringolevio. Carney had loved the game. It was like tag, but bigger and more monstrous. One team hunted and the other was pursued. “Jail” was a front stoop, or the trunk of a car owned by somebody who wouldn’t beat you for touching their ride. To capture an opponent, you had to hold on for the time it took to scream Ringolevio, one-two-three, one-two-three, one-two-three.

Anagrams

• overoiling