A call in any children's game, such as jacks, where eleven actions must be performed.
(British) elevenses.
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(cricket) A cricket team of eleven players. Hence first eleven - the team of best cricket players (at a school), second eleven - the "B" team, etc.
(informal, chiefly, US, dialectical) Very many; too many to count; quite a lot.
(informal, chiefly, US, dialectical) Very many; too many to count; quite a lot.
(UK, hand games, children's games) A children's game in which the players position themselves in a circle and each place one hand in the centre (normally on top of a table or other item of furniture). An ordinal number or another word such as "last" or "penultimate" is then called out by someone and whoever draws their hand away from the circle at that position has their hand slapped by the other players.
A call in any children's game, such as jacks, where eleven actions must be performed.
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