Marble Playing Terms

General term for marbles games in which shooters follow each other as they move from one location to another.

Marble playing terms.

Marbles regular sized marbles. An alley can be a marble made of alabaster but it can also be another term for a shooter or taw the large marble used to knock around the smaller ones which are sometimes called mibs or. The taw or shooter is the marble used for shooting. Ducksare the marbles to be shot at.

A players term for a large marble see boulder. Keepsies the player keeps all the marbles he she wins. A surprising number of terms in the american lexicon come from marbles. A glossary of marble terms.

Ring the circle marking the playing field shooter a larger marble used to shoot the other marbles lagging shooting your shooter marble to see who goes first. Terms for playing marbles game of friendlies marbles will be returned after the game. To explain how to play marbles you should know the terminology. Shooter or taw a larger marble used to shoot at the marbles.

Ring the playing field. To knock a marble out of the ring or to win a marble by hitting it adding it to your collection as when playing for keeps. The taw line or tie line or scratch as it is often called is the line drawn for a starting point in games like the long ring. Also known as chasing plumpers and scores of other names.