finger splitting game

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finger

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splitting

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game

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noun

  1. a children's game played between two players, who each clasp their hands with both index fingers extended and pressed together, then take turns holding out their hands in this position while the other smashes their own index fingers into their opponent's using a downward overhead swing. The first person to cause the other's fingers to split (such that the index fingertips are no longer touching each other) is deemed the winner, irrespective of whether they were the one hitting or were bracing against their opponent's hit.

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