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Record 1 1986-04-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Board Games
  • Social Games
DEF

A game in which pegs or pieces are flipped or snapped to fall on a numbered flip board.

OBS

flip: toss or move with a snap of a finger and thumb.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Jeux sur plateaux
  • Jeux de société
DEF

Jeu où certaines pièces sont frappées d'une chiquenaude ou d'une pichenette pour retomber sur une planchette ou un plateau de jeu dont les cases sont numérotées.

OBS

flip : chiquenaude, pichenette.

OBS

chiquenaude : Coup appliqué avec le doigt du milieu, plié contre le pouce et détendu brusquement.

OBS

pichenette : Petite chiquenaude.

Key term(s)
  • jeu de chiquenaude
  • jeu de pichenette

Spanish

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