I-spy

British  

noun

1. a game in which one player specifies the initial letter of the name of an object that he can see, which the other players then try to guess

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Example Sentences

The sea-minded can go on a self-guided beach I-spy activity or a nautical flag treasure hunt around the resort.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 10, 2021

I dreamed of playing "I-spy" through Kenilworth Castle with Shakespeare, Walter Scott, Mary Ann Evans and a youth I used to know in boyhood by the name of Bill Hursey.

From Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 01 Little Journeys to the Homes of Good Men and Great by Hubbard, Elbert

The sidewalks were filled with children clamouring at "tag," "I-spy," or "run-sheep-run."

From The Pit by Norris, Frank

It grew so broad and high that the children might have played I-spy in it,—only there weren't any children.

From Lewis Rand by Johnston, Mary

I-spy, ī′-spī′, n. a children's game of hide-and-seek, so called from the cry when one is found.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various