gorodki

G2O1R1O1D2K5I1

noun

An ancient Russian folk sport of trying to knock arrangements of skittles out of a square by throwing a bat at them.

OriginRussian городки́ →
Scrabble 13
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

noungorodki (uncountable)
  1. uncountableAn ancient Russian folk sport of trying to knock arrangements of skittles out of a square by throwing a bat at them.

Origin

  1. Russianгородки́“small towns; skittles in the game of gorodki”
  2. Englishgorodki

From Russian городки́ (gorodkí, “small towns; skittles in the game of gorodki”), singular городо́к (gorodók), diminutive of го́род (górod, “town, city”). Doublet of yardie.

More words from Russian

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Czech gorodky
  • gorodkyan ancient Russian folk sport
Finnish gorodki
  • gorodkian ancient Russian folk sport
French gorodki
  • gorodkian ancient Russian folk sport
German Gorodki
  • Gorodkian ancient Russian folk sport
Japanese ゴロトキ
  • ゴロトキ (gorotoki)an ancient Russian folk sport
Korean 고로드끼
  • 고로드끼 (gorodeukki)an ancient Russian folk sport
Lithuanian miestučiai
  • miestučiaian ancient Russian folk sport
Polish gorodki, miasteczka
  • gorodkian ancient Russian folk sport
  • miasteczkaan ancient Russian folk sport
Russian городки́
  • городки́ (gorodkí)an ancient Russian folk sport
Swedish poppi
  • poppian ancient Russian folk sport
Ukrainian городки́, скраклі́
  • городки́ (horodký)an ancient Russian folk sport
  • скраклі́ (skraklí)an ancient Russian folk sport
Cite this entry
APA

gorodki. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gorodki

MLA

“gorodki.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gorodki. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “gorodki,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gorodki.

Source: gorodki on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.