tensies

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noun

A call in any children's game, such as jacks, where ten actions must be performed.

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Meanings

nountensies (plural tensies)
  1. A call in any children's game, such as jacks, where ten actions must be performed.

    He saw Lindy playing jacks on the sidewalk in Front of the store, snatching up ninesies and tensies in a heedless, all-out swoop that kept the backs of her fingers perpetually scraped raw.

    2004, Anne Tyler, The amateur marriage, page 282

Origin

From ten + -sies.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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