mumble-the-peg

A form of mumblety peg — Any of several forms of a game in which a jack-knife is thrown so that it sticks into the ground close to the player's feet.

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Meanings

nounmumble-the-peg (uncountable)
  1. alternativeuncountableAlternative form of mumblety peg.

    Mumble-the-peg, poker, fuzzy-guzzy, chuck-a-luck and other innocent amusements if not taught to children, were the principal social events […]

    1991, Don Hampton Biggers, Buffalo Guns & Barbed Wire: Two Frontier Accounts, page 133

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna game in which players throw or flip a jackknife in various ways so that the knife sticks in the ground

Similar
mumblety-peg
Broader
child's game

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

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mumble-the-peg. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mumble-the-peg

MLA

“mumble-the-peg.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mumble-the-peg. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mumble-the-peg,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mumble-the-peg.

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