marbles

Noun

• a children's game played with little balls made of a hard substance (as glass)
• the basic human power of intelligent thought and perception
  • "he still had all his marbles and was in full possession of a lively mind"
• a hard crystalline metamorphic rock that takes a high polish; used for sculpture and as building material
• a small ball of glass that is used in various games
• a sculpture carved from marble
• Any of several children's games played with small balls (made of marble or more commonly glass).
• Sanity.
• Bits of rolled-up rubber shed by the tires of race cars that accumulate at the edges of the track, especially at the corners.
• plural of marble

Verb

• paint or stain like marble
• third-person singular simple present indicative of marble

Examples

• Egyptian boys played marbles before the days of Moses.
• Grandpa's lost his marbles, but at least he still recognizes us.
• Granny's still got all her marbles.
• His lack of marbles is becoming ever more apparent.
• Marbles were among the treasures found buried in the ruins of Pompeii.

Synonyms

marble, wits, buttons, lucidity, lucidness, marbles, mind, saneness, sanity