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.

Marble playing terms.

Marbles regular sized marbles. 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. 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.

A players term for a large marble see boulder. A glossary of marble terms. Ducksare the marbles to be shot at. Also known as chasing plumpers and scores of other names.

I have defined some of the most basic terms below. Shot using your thumb to launch the shooter from your hand. Terms for playing marbles game of friendlies marbles will be returned after the game. Shooter or taw a larger marble used to shoot at the marbles.

To explain how to play marbles you should know the terminology. 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. 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.