Marble Playing Terms

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.

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. Marbles regular sized marbles. To explain how to play marbles you should know the terminology. A players term for a large marble see boulder.

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

Keepsies the player keeps all the marbles he she wins. Ring the playing field. Ducksare the marbles to be shot at. A surprising number of terms in the american lexicon come from marbles.

General term for marbles games in which shooters follow each other as they move from one location to another. A glossary of marble terms. Shot using your thumb to launch the shooter from your hand. The taw or shooter is the marble used for shooting.