thumb war

English

A thumb war

Noun

thumb war (countable and uncountable, plural thumb wars)

1. (hand games) A children's game in which the two opponents interlock each other's right- or left-handed fingers, each attempting to hold down the other's thumb.

   Synonyms: thumb fight, pea-knuckle, pea-knuckle war, thumb-a-war, thumb wrestle

Translations

children's game

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 拇指大戰 / 拇指大战 (mǔzhǐ dàzhàn)

• Estonian: pöidlasõda
• Finnish: peukalopaini
• French: bataille de pouces f
• Japanese: 指相撲 (ゆびずもう, yubizumō)
• Korean: 엄지씨름 (eomjissireum), 엄지손가락 레슬링 (eomjison'garak reseulling)
• Portuguese: luta de dedão f
• Russian: please add this translation if you can
• Spanish: please add this translation if you can
• Swedish: tumbrottning c

Further reading

• thumb war on Wikipedia.Wikipedia