noun
morra
MAW-ruh
noun
1
A hand game in which players simultaneously throw out a number of fingers and try to guess the total shown by all players.
"The two friends played morra to decide who would pay for dinner."
How to Use Morra
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishAn old, simple guessing game played with fingers, popular in parts of Italy and elsewhere.
Word Forms
Morras plural
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Etymology
From Italian morra, a name of uncertain further origin used for this ancient finger-guessing game.