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| alternate |
to take turns (usually followed by "with"). [1/7 definitions] |
| croquet |
Croquet is a kind of game you play on a lawn. It is played with wooden mallets and wooden balls. People take turns hitting their own ball across the grass and trying to get it through hoops that are stuck in the ground. If you get your ball through all the hoops first, you are the winner. |
| leapfrog |
a game in which one player bends over while the other players take turns jumping over. |
| relay |
a team in which people take turns doing a task or running part of a race. [1/3 definitions] |
| rotate |
to change in a certain order; take turns. [1/4 definitions] |
| squash1 |
Squash is a sport for two or four players. Squash is played with rackets and a ball inside a small court with four walls. Players take turns hitting the ball after it bounces off a wall. It is a very fast and tough game. [1/2 definitions] |
| take turns |
When kids take turns playing with a toy, one kid plays with it first and then the next kid plays with it while the other kid waits. Then the first kid plays with it again, and then the second kid plays with it again, and so on. |
| tick-tack-toe |
a game for two players who take turns marking either an X or an O on a grid of nine squares. The winner is the first player who fills in three squares in a row with the same mark. |
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