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entity go
that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving)

abstraction, abstract entity go
a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples

psychological feature go
a feature of the mental life of a living organism

event go
something that happens at a given place and time

act, deed, human action, human activity go
something that people do or cause to happen

activity go
any specific behavior

game go
a contest with rules to determine a winner

child's game
a game enjoyed by children

noun.act

19 Subcategories

blindman's bluff, blindman's buff go
a children's game in which a blindfolded player tries to catch and identify other players
cat and mouse, cat and rat go
a game for children in which the players form a circle and join hands
cat's cradle go
a game played with string looped over the fingers
hide-and-seek, hide and go seek go
a game in which a child covers his eyes while the other players hide then tries to find them
hopscotch go
a game in which a child tosses a stone into an area drawn on the ground and then hops through it and back to regain the stone
jacks, jackstones, knucklebones go
a game in which jackstones are thrown and picked up in various groups between bounces of a small rubber ball
jackstraws, spillikins go
a game in which players try to pick each jackstraw (or spillikin) off of a pile without moving any of the others
jump rope go
a child's game or a cardiopulmonary exercise in which the player jumps over a swinging rope
leapfrog go
a game in which one child bends down and another leaps over
marbles go
a children's game played with little balls made of a hard substance (as glass)
mumblety-peg, mumble-the-peg go
a game in which players throw or flip a jackknife in various ways so that the knife sticks in the ground
musical chairs, going to Jerusalem go
a child's game in which players march to music around a group of chairs that contains one chair less than the number of players
peekaboo, bopeep go
a game played with young children
pillow fight go
a child's game of fighting with pillows
post office go
a children's game in which kisses are exchanged for pretended letters
spin the bottle go
a game in which a player spins a bottle and kisses the person that it points to when it stops spinning
spin the plate, spin the platter go
a game in which something round (as a plate) is spun on edge and the name of a player is called
tag go
a game in which one child chases the others
tiddlywinks go
a game in which players try to flip plastic disks into a cup by pressing them on the side sharply with a larger disk