rock paper scissors
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rock paper scissors
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noun rock-paper-scissors
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A popular children's game using three hand signs representing rock, paper and scissors, frequently used as a tiebreaker.
Similar: janken, paper scissors stone, roshambo, scissors paper rock, scissors paper stone
- Any situation where strategies are not transitive, meaning each strategy is strong against some strategies and weak against others in a loop such that there is no universally best option.
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noun popular child's game
| Español | piedra, papel o tijera, yan ken po, cachipún, jankenpon, yanquempó |
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| 한국어 | 가위바위보 gawibawibo, 가위주먹 gawijumeok, 주먹가위 jumeokgawi |
| 日本語 | じゃん拳, じゃんけん janken, じゃん拳ぽん, じゃんけんぽん jankenpon |
| 中文 | 石頭剪子布 /石头剪子布 shítou jiǎnzi bù, 剪刀石頭布 /剪刀石头布 jiǎndāo shítou bù |
| हिन्दी | रॉक कागज कैंची rŏk kāgaj ka͠icī |
| Português | pedra-papel-tesoura, joquempô |
| Français | pierre-feuille-ciseaux, chifoumi |
| Deutsch | Schnick Schnack Schnuck, Schere, Stein, Papier, Ching, Chang, Chong, Klick, Klack, Kluck |
| Italiano | morra cinese, carta, forbice, sasso |
| Русский | ка́мень, но́жницы, бума́га kámenʹ, nóžnicy, bumága |
| Tiếng Việt | oẳn tù tì, xù xi, kéo búa bao |
| العربية | حَجَر وَرَقَة مِقَصّ ḥajar waraqa miqaṣṣ, حَجَر وَرَق مِقَصّ ḥajar waraq miqaṣṣ |
| עברית | אבן נייר ומספריים, אֶבֶן נְיָר וּמִסְפָּרַיִם éven n'yár u-misparáyim |
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