Marble Playing Terms

A players term for a large marble see boulder.

Marble playing terms.

The taw or shooter is the marble used for shooting. Ring the playing field. A glossary of marble terms. Shooter or taw a larger marble used to shoot at the marbles.

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. Marbles regular sized 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. Ducksare the marbles to be shot at. Shot using your thumb to launch the shooter from your hand. 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.

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