circle game

Ring-based group activity

The circle game is a prank where someone forms a circle with thumb and forefinger below the waist, tricking another person into looking at it.

If you look, you get punched in the arm.

The game trades on the impulse to glance wherever someone seems to be directing attention: He got me with the circle game three times today.

prank

gotcha

Exclamation upon catching someone

looking · below the waist · made you look · fooled · hand sign · okay sign · caught · surprise · mischief · gag

childhood

playground

Children's outdoor recreation space

  • recessPause in activity
  • tagIdentifier or classifier
  • marblesSmall spherical game pieces

jump rope · hide and seek · kickball · dodgeball · four square · hopscotch · capture the flag · handball · Simon says · musical chairs

Categories
Opposites
game format/structure

circle gamesolitaire

Card game for one

board game · video game · card game · tabletop game · field sport

social dynamics

circle gametournament play

Formal competitive event format

parallel play · spectator sport

Family

game, circle, circular, circulate, encircle, circulation, circling, semicircle, circled

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G