marbles

3 definitions • 7 examples

your mental health or your ability to think and remember clearly:

I think he's losing his marbles (= starting to forget things or become crazy).

She's 89, but she's still got all her marbles.

a children's game in which small, round glass balls are rolled along the floor:

We played marbles in the courtyard.

They passed the weeks playing long games of marbles.

Laurence always beat his friends at marbles.

Shall we have a game of marbles in the hall?

There's nothing to do here except for marbles and chess.

a child’s game in which marbles are rolled along the ground