tiddlywink

== English == === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈtɪdəlɪwɪŋk/, /ˈtɪdlɪ-/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈtɪdliˌwɪŋk/ Hyphenation: tid‧dly‧wink === Etymology 1 === Sense 1 (“unlicensed beerhouse or pawnshop”) and sense 2 (“alcoholic drink”) are possibly related to tiddly (“(noun) alcoholic beverage; (adjective) somewhat drunk”). ==== Noun ==== tiddlywink (plural tiddlywinks) (UK, archaic or obsolete) (dialectal, slang) An unlicensed beerhouse or pawnshop. Synonym: kiddlywink Hyponym: leaving shop (Cockney rhyming slang) An alcoholic drink. (games) A game played using dominoes. === Etymology 2 === The noun is possibly derived from tiddly (“(informal) little, tiny”) +‎ wink (“blinking of one eye”), perhaps borrowed from etymology 1. The game, now called tiddlywinks, was patented by a British bank clerk, Joseph Assheton Fincher (1863–1900), on 19 October 1889, and the name Tiddledy-Winks trademarked by him the same year. The verb is derived from the noun. ==== Noun ==== tiddlywink (plural tiddlywinks) (tiddlywinks) A small disc used in the game of tiddlywinks; (by extension) a similar disc or counter used in other games. Synonym: wink ===== Translations ===== ==== Verb ==== tiddlywink (third-person singular simple present tiddlywinks, present participle tiddlywinking, simple past and past participle tiddlywinked) (intransitive) Especially of something disc-shaped: to flip over like a disc used in the game of tiddlywinks. To play tiddlywinks. ===== Derived terms ===== tiddlywinker tiddlywinking (adjective, noun) === References === === Further reading === tiddlywinks on Wikipedia.Wikipedia