mumbletypeg


mumbletypeg

(ˈmʌmbəltɪˌpɛɡ) n (Games, other than specified) US a game in which players throw a knife in various prescribed ways, the aim being to make the blade stick in the ground[C17: from mumble the peg, a loser in the game being required to pull the knife out of the ground using the teeth]

mum•ble•ty•peg

(ˈmʌm bəl tiˌpɛg)

also mum•ble-the-peg

(-ðə-)

n. a children's game in which a pocketknife is flipped so that its blade sticks into the ground. [1620–30; from phrase mumble the peg (see mumble); so named because the losing player was formerly required to pull a peg from the ground with the teeth]

mumbletypeg

- The children's game was first mumble-the-peg, descriptive of one of the penalties imposed on the loser.See also related terms for imposed.