spin the platter

1. 1.

   a game in which something round (as a plate) is spun on edge and the name of a player is called; the named player must catch the spinning object before it falls or pay a forfeit

   Synonymsspin the plate

   Broaderchild's game

Questions about spin the platter

What does spin the platter mean?

spin the platter means "a game in which something round (as a plate) is spun on edge and the name of a player is called; the named player must catch the spinning object before it falls or pay a forfeit".

What is another word for spin the platter?

Close synonyms include spin the plate. 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.

Is spin the platter a common word?

spin the platter is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.