Ring-around-a-rosy (Noun)
Meaning
A children's game in which the players dance around in a circle and at a given signal all squat.
Classification
Nouns denoting acts or actions.
Examples
- Children gather in the park to play a classic game of ring-around-a-rosy.
- After finishing homework, siblings like to run around outside playing ring-around-a-rosy with the neighbors.
- Summer camp kids start every day by forming a giant ring-around-a-rosy in the grass.
- She got a chance to participate in her son's classroom party playing a version of ring-around-a-rosy during the PTA day event.
- Growing up in the neighborhood often included weekend nights filled with moonlight play of hide and seek, jump rope and traditional games of ring-around-a-rosy.