tiddlywinks

noun

tid·​dly·​winks ˈti-dᵊl-ē-ˌwiŋ(k)s 

ˈtid-lē-

variants or less commonly tiddledywinks

ˈti-dᵊl-dē-ˌwiŋ(k)s 

plural in form but singular in construction

: a game whose object is to snap small disks from a flat surface into a small container

Examples of tiddlywinks in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

If esports makes it into the Olympics, what would be next — tiddlywinks, checkers, chess? —Los Angeles Times, 15 Aug. 2021

Word History

Etymology

probably from English dialect tiddly little, alteration of little

First Known Use

1857, in the meaning defined above