mumblety-peg

1. 1.

   a game in which players throw or flip a jackknife in various ways so that the knife sticks in the ground

   Synonymsmumble-the-peg

   Broaderchild's game

Questions about mumblety-peg

What does mumblety-peg mean?

mumblety-peg means "a game in which players throw or flip a jackknife in various ways so that the knife sticks in the ground".

How many syllables are in mumblety-peg?

mumblety-peg has 4 syllables and divides as mum-ble-ty--peg under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for mumblety-peg?

Close synonyms include mumble-the-peg. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.