Grounders

//ˈɡɹaʊndə(ɹ)z// noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A playground game in which one person is chosen to be "it" (and must keep their eyes shut) and tries to tag others, who become "it" instead, either by touching them or by calling out "grounders" while they are on the ground (rather than on a climber). Canada, uncountable

    ""It's so cool," Nolan, a Grade 5 student at Dalhousie said, adding that he was looking forward to the first game of grounders. "It has three slides and I like the colours. They're really nice.""

  2. 2
    plural of grounder form-of, plural

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ground ballgroundballhopper

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""It's so cool," Nolan, a Grade 5 student at Dalhousie said, adding that he was looking forward to the first game of grounders. "It has three slides and I like the colours. They're really nice.""

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