Ring-around-the-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
- The kindergarten class loved playing ring-around-the-rosy during recess on sunny afternoons.
- We played ring-around-the-rosy in gym class and ran around the playground until the bell rang.
- She stood alone after all the kids went home and reminisced about the happy ring-around-the-rosy they had played.
- They chanted the nursery rhyme "ring-around-the-rosy" in a group and put their hands up high as they played.
- Learning about different cultural interpretations of the children's game ring-around-the-rosy helped put it in historical perspective.