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.

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. Also known as chasing plumpers and scores of other names. 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.

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. General term for marbles games in which shooters follow each other as they move from one location to another. Keepsies the player keeps all the marbles he she wins.

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. A glossary of marble terms. Ducksare the marbles to be shot at. A players term for a large marble see boulder.

To explain how to play marbles you should know the terminology. Shooter or taw a larger marble used to shoot at the marbles. Marbles regular sized marbles. Ring the playing field.