blind-man-buff

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• blind man's buff — blind man’s buff UK US noun [uncountable] a children’s game in which one player has their eyes covered with a blindfold and tries to catch the others Thesaurus: children s gameshyponym to perform an action in a card gamehyponym Variant: blind man …   Useful english dictionary

• blind man's bluff — blind man’s bluff variant UK US Main entry: blind man s buff * * * ˌblind man s ˈbuff f12 (BrE) (NAmE ˌblind man s ˈbluff …   Useful english dictionary

• Blind man's bluff (game) — Blind man s bluff or Blind man s buff [http://diamond.boisestate.edu/gas/other sullivan/victoria/vic merrie.pdf] is a children s game played in a spacious area, such as outdoors or in a large room, in which one player, designated as It, is… …   Wikipedia

• blind man's buff — (US also blind man s bluff) ► NOUN ▪ a game in which a blindfold player tries to catch others while being pushed about by them. ORIGIN from buff «a blow», from Old French …   English terms dictionary

• blind|man's buff — «BLYND MANZ BUHF», 1. a game in which a blindfolded person tries to catch one of several other players and tell who he is. 2. Figurative: »Government by blindman s buff (Thomas Carlyle). ╂[buff < buffet] …   Useful english dictionary

• blind man's buff — or ,blind man s bluff noun uncount a children s game in which one player has their eyes covered with a BLINDFOLD and tries to catch the others …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• blind man's buff — UK / US or blind man s bluff UK / US noun [uncountable] a children s game in which one player has their eyes covered with a blindfold and tries to catch the others …   English dictionary

• blind man's buff — n [U] a children s game in which one player whose eyes are covered tries to catch the others …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• blind man's bluff — blind man s buff UK / US or blind man s bluff UK / US noun [uncountable] a children s game in which one player has their eyes covered with a blindfold and tries to catch the others …   English dictionary

• Blind man's buff — Blindman s buff Blind man s buff , Blind man s buff Blind man s buff [See {Buff} a buffet.] A game in which one person is blindfolded, and tries to catch some one of the other players, and tell who it is. [1913 Webster] Surely he fancies I play… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English