tiddlywinks

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim A competitive game in which the objective is to flick as many small discs (each called a tiddlywink or wink) as possible into a container (the pot) by pressing on their edges with a larger disc (a shooter or squidger), causing them to jump up from the surface on which they are placed.

   “Can any of your correspondents inform me what is the derivation of the word "kiddlewink," or "tiddledy winks"? A friend tells me in the Midland Counties it denotes a house where beer is sold without a licence. Lately a game has been introduced here bearing the name of "Tiddledywinks."”

2. isim Especially in the form to play tiddlywinks: a meaningless or unimportant activity.
3. isim plural of tiddlywink
4. fiil third-person singular simple present indicative of tiddlywink