roshambo
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EnglishEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
- Perhaps cognate with jankenpon. Connections to the French surname Rochambeau are a folk etymology.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
roshambo (plural roshambos)
- (games) the game of rock paper scissors
- (as three words, ro sham bo) the syllables called out by players of rock paper scissors to synchronize their timing.
VerbEdit
roshambo (third-person singular simple present roshambos, present participle roshamboing, simple past and past participle roshamboed)
- To play a game of roshambo in order to decide a point of contention.
- I'll roshambo you for it.
SynonymsEdit
- toss (as in 'toss a coin')