English Dictionary

tiddlywinks

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈtɪdəlɪwɪŋks/

名詞

未分類 限定用法 複数形 複数形のみ 比喩的用法

(tiddlywinks, also attributively) A competitive game in which the objective is to flick as many small discs (each called a tiddlywink or wink) as possible into a container (the pot) by pressing on their edges with a larger disc (a shooter or squidger), causing them to jump up from the surface on which they are placed.

日本語の意味

ティドリウィンクス：小さな円盤（通常「ウィンク」と呼ばれる）を、大きな円盤（シューティングディスクまたはスクィッガー）で弾いて、容器（「ポット」と呼ばれる）にできるだけ多く入れることを目指す競技的なゲーム

At the village fair, the retired professor surprised everyone with his uncanny skill at tiddlywinks, flicking tiny discs into the pot with pinpoint accuracy.

村の祭りで、退職した教授は小さな円盤を指で弾いてポット（容器）に入れる競技で驚くほどの腕前を見せ、指先の正確さで次々と小さな円盤を容器に入れて皆を驚かせた。

意味（1）

(tiddlywinks, also attributively) A competitive game in which the objective is to flick as many small discs (each called a tiddlywink or wink) as possible into a container (the pot) by pressing on their edges with a larger disc (a shooter or squidger), causing them to jump up from the surface on which they are placed.

Can any of your correspondents inform me what is the derivation of the word kiddlewink, or tiddledy winks? A friend tells me in the Midland Counties it denotes a house where beer is sold without a licence. Lately a game has been introduced here bearing the name of Tiddledywinks.]

意味（2）

(figuratively) Especially in the form to play tiddlywinks: a meaningless or unimportant activity.