knucklebones
Ancient children's pastime
Knucklebones is an ancient game played by tossing and catching small objects—originally the ankle bones of sheep or goats, now usually plastic or metal pieces.
Players throw the pieces in the air and catch them on the back of the hand, or scoop them up between tosses.
Also called jacks or fivestones.
The singular knucklebone refers to one such playing piece or to the actual bone from which the game takes its name.
Children's ball-and-pieces game
- fivestonesPebble-tossing dexterity game
- tossingLight underhand throw
- catchingAble to be transmitted
- dibsInformal spoken claim
playground · children · traditional · skill · rounds · turns · scoring · bounce
Balkan peninsula nation
- RomeItaly's capital city
- classicalOf ancient Greece/Rome
- antiquityGreat age, ancient era
- archaeologyStudy of physical remnants
artifacts · Hellenic · excavation · ancient · talus · sheep · goat · burial
Ankle's main bone
- astragalusAnkle's main hinge bone
- tarsalOf the ankle
- ankleLeg-foot joint
- hockTrade for quick loan
sheep · goat · cattle · pig · deer · ossicle · hoof · fetlock
Authoritative wisdom source
- prophecyForetelling of future events
- castingShaping through liquid form
- lotsLarge amount, or parcels
- fortune-tellingClaiming to predict futures
omens · augury · seer · soothsaying · prognostication · ritual · ancient · fate
jacks
Children's ball-and-pieces game
- fivestonesPebble-tossing dexterity game
- tossingLight underhand throw
- catchingAble to be transmitted
dibs · playground · children · traditional · skill · rounds · turns · scoring · bounce · sweep
Greece
Balkan peninsula nation
archaeology · artifacts · Hellenic · excavation · ancient · talus · sheep · goat · burial · children
talus
Ankle's main bone
- astragalusAnkle's main hinge bone
- tarsalOf the ankle
- ankleLeg-foot joint
hock · sheep · goat · cattle · pig · deer · ossicle · hoof · fetlock · joint
oracle
Authoritative wisdom source
fortune-telling · omens · augury · seer · soothsaying · prognostication · ritual · ancient · fate · chance
phalanges
Bones of fingers, toes
- metacarpalsBones connecting wrist to fingers
- jointsSkeletal connection points
- fingersAppendages of the hand
hand · carpals · wrist · tendons · ligaments · articulation · flexion · digit · thumb · proximal
- ancient pastimeschariot racing, Olympic Games, discus, javelin, boxing
- Old Gameschess, backgammon, checkers, draughts, mancala
- old pastimesjousting, chess, backgammon, dice, bowls
- traditional gameslacrosse, stickball, shinny, snow snake, hand game
- Jacks gamerubber ball, onesies, twosies
- prehistoric toysfigurines, clay dolls
knucklebonesvideo games
Interactive electronic entertainment
electronic games · computer games · esports · arcade games · mobile games
knucklebonesmarbles
Small spherical game pieces
dice · ball games · board games · card games · team sports