Marble Playing Terms

Aside from the obvious all the marbles there s knuckle down and play for keeps here s a rundown of more popular terms used by marbles players and a brief description of the many games people play with marbles.

Marble playing terms.

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. General term for marbles games in which shooters follow each other as they move from one location to another. Shot using your thumb to launch the shooter from your hand.

Also known as chasing plumpers and scores of other names. 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. A surprising number of terms in the american lexicon come from marbles. Terms for playing marbles game of friendlies marbles will be returned after the game.

A players term for a large marble see boulder. 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. Shooter or taw a larger marble used to shoot at the marbles. The taw or shooter is the marble used for shooting.

Ducksare the marbles to be shot at. 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. I have defined some of the most basic terms below. Ring the playing field.