mumbletypeg

American  

[muhm-buhl-tee-peg] / ˈmʌm bəl tiˌpɛg /

Also mumbledepeg,

noun

1. a children's game played with a pocketknife, the object being to cause the blade to stick in the ground or a wooden surface by flipping the knife in a number of prescribed ways or from a number of prescribed positions.

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mumbletypeg British  

/ ˈmʌmbəltɪˌpɛɡ /

noun

1. a game in which players throw a knife in various prescribed ways, the aim being to make the blade stick in the ground

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Etymology

Origin of mumbletypeg

1620–30; from phrase mumble the peg ( see mumble); so named because the losing player was formerly required to pull a peg from the ground with their teeth