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blind man's buff en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From blind man's + an obsolete sense of buff, coming from Old French buffe (“blow”). First known usage from 1854.

Meanings

1. (UK, uncountable) A game where one person is blindfolded and tries to catch the other players.
   • That was a further clue; and here, indeed, young Mr. Dowse was getting "warm," as children say at blind-man's-buff, although, as a matter-of-fact, she had now been talking of George Miller at all. 1876, William Black, “An Encounter”, in Madcap Violet. […], volume III, London: Macmillan and Co., →OCLC, page 74:

Forms

Relateds

hoodman

Synonyms

hoodwink · hoodman-blind

Translations (61)

de Blindekuhspiel (game where someone is blindfolded and tries to catch the others) · oc catòrba (game where someone is blindfolded and tries to catch the others) · fi sokkoleikki (game where someone is blindfolded and tries to catch the others) · el ψηλαφίνδα (game where someone is blindfolded and tries to catch the others) · gl pitacega (game where someone is blindfolded and tries to catch the others) · it mosca cieca (game where someone is blindfolded and tries to catch the others) · grc χαλκῆ μυῖα (game where someone is blindfolded and tries to catch the others) · yi בלענדעניש (game where someone is blindfolded and tries to catch the others) · mrj пӹрӓ (game where someone is blindfolded and tries to catch the others) · nl blindemannetje (game where someone is blindfolded and tries to catch the others) · fi sokkosilla olo (game where someone is blindfolded and tries to catch the others) · da blindebuk (game where someone is blindfolded and tries to catch the others) · tr körebe (game where someone is blindfolded and tries to catch the others) · bg сляпа баба (game where someone is blindfolded and tries to catch the others) · az gözbağlıca (game where someone is blindfolded and tries to catch the others) · cmn 躲猫猫 (game where someone is blindfolded and tries to catch the others) · yi שלעפּע־באָבע (game where someone is blindfolded and tries to catch the others) · no blindebukk (game where someone is blindfolded and tries to catch the others) · grc μυΐνδα (game where someone is blindfolded and tries to catch the others) · cs slepá bába (game where someone is blindfolded and tries to catch the others) · ro de-a baba-oarba (game where someone is blindfolded and tries to catch the others) · is skollaleikur (game where someone is blindfolded and tries to catch the others) · sv blindbock (game where someone is blindfolded and tries to catch the others) · ga cluiche púicín (game where someone is blindfolded and tries to catch the others) · ru жму́рки (game where someone is blindfolded and tries to catch the others) · or ଅନ୍ଧପୁଟୁଳି (game where someone is blindfolded and tries to catch the others) · el τυφλόμυγα (game where someone is blindfolded and tries to catch the others) · cmn 捉迷藏 (game where someone is blindfolded and tries to catch the others) · hu szembekötősdi (game where someone is blindfolded and tries to catch the others) · ta கண்கட்டிப் பிடித்தல் (game where someone is blindfolded and tries to catch the others) · ko 까막잡기 (game where someone is blindfolded and tries to catch the others) · it moscacieca (game where someone is blindfolded and tries to catch the others) · eo blindludo (game where someone is blindfolded and tries to catch the others) · de Blinde Kuh (game where someone is blindfolded and tries to catch the others) · es gallina ciega (game where someone is blindfolded and tries to catch the others) · de Blindekuh (game where someone is blindfolded and tries to catch the others) · kk соқыртеке (game where someone is blindfolded and tries to catch the others) · mk слепа баба (game where someone is blindfolded and tries to catch the others) · io blindoludo (game where someone is blindfolded and tries to catch the others) · vi bịt mắt bắt dê (game where someone is blindfolded and tries to catch the others) · myv кончкэть (game where someone is blindfolded and tries to catch the others) · la myinda (game where someone is blindfolded and tries to catch the others) · uz кўз боғлаш (game where someone is blindfolded and tries to catch the others) · cs hra na slepou bábu (game where someone is blindfolded and tries to catch the others) · tl piring-piringan (game where someone is blindfolded and tries to catch the others) · yi קוציבאַבע (game where someone is blindfolded and tries to catch the others) · eu itsumando (game where someone is blindfolded and tries to catch the others) · fi sokko (game where someone is blindfolded and tries to catch the others) · uz koʻz bogʻlash (game where someone is blindfolded and tries to catch the others) · ja 目隠し鬼 (game where someone is blindfolded and tries to catch the others) · tt gör-gör (game where someone is blindfolded and tries to catch the others) · fr colin-maillard (game where someone is blindfolded and tries to catch the others) · et pimesikk (game where someone is blindfolded and tries to catch the others) · ca gallina cega (game where someone is blindfolded and tries to catch the others) · pt cabra-cega (game where someone is blindfolded and tries to catch the others) · ro baba-oarba (game where someone is blindfolded and tries to catch the others) · pl ślepa babka (game where someone is blindfolded and tries to catch the others) · fo blindabukkur (game where someone is blindfolded and tries to catch the others) · af blindemol (game where someone is blindfolded and tries to catch the others) · yi בלינדע־קו (game where someone is blindfolded and tries to catch the others) · pl ciuciubabka (game where someone is blindfolded and tries to catch the others)