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Hand game for two players or more
Rock paper scissors (also known by several other names and word orders) is an intransitive hand game, usually played between two people, in which each
Rock_paper_scissors
Party game
Scissors is a party game in which the rules of game are hidden from some of the players. Players will sit in a circle and pass a pair of real or imaginary
Scissors_(game)
1997 video game
Postal is a 1997 shoot 'em up video game developed by Running with Scissors and published by Ripcord Games. The player controls an anonymous gun-toting
Postal_(video_game)
Season of South Korean television series
South Korean dystopian survival thriller television series Squid Game, marketed as Squid Game 2 (Korean: 오징어 게임 2) and created by writer and director Hwang
Squid_Game_season_2
American animated series
Rock Paper Scissors is an American animated comedy television series created by Kyle Stegina and Josh Lehrman for Nickelodeon. The first original production
Rock Paper Scissors (TV series)
Rock_Paper_Scissors_(TV_series)
American video game developer
Running with Scissors Studios LLC (RWS) is an American video game developer based in Tucson, Arizona. RWS was formed in 1996 by Vince Desi and Mike Riedel
Running with Scissors (company)
Running_with_Scissors_(company)
Application of game theory to evolving populations in biology
overall situation corresponds to the rock, scissors, paper game, creating a four-year population cycle. The RPS game in male side-blotched lizards does not
Evolutionary_game_theory
2011 video game
Postal III is a third-person shooter video game developed by Trashmasters and Running with Scissors, and published by Akella. It is the third installment
Postal_III
Word in the Yaghan language
183. hdl:20.500.12749/3338. JSTOR 223479. Fisher, Len. Rock, Paper, Scissors: Game Theory in Everyday Life. p. 76. Hitchings, H. (2005). Defining the World
Mamihlapinatapai
Topics referred to by the same term
Julia Michaels and Maren Morris Scissors (game), a party game Rock paper scissors, an intransitive hand game Scissors, the code name for Alara Reborn
Scissors_(disambiguation)
1971, 109–111. Sinervo, B., and Lively, C. (1996). "The Rock-Paper-Scissors Game and the evolution of alternative male strategies". Nature Vol.380, pp
List_of_games_in_game_theory
2009 live action adaptation of the Kaiji manga
and 40 to be extras to play contestants of the "restricted rock-paper-scissors" game. Yugo Kanno composed the music for the film. The original score was
Kaiji_(film)
that his father lost to the current king, Kristoff, in a rock-paper-scissors game. A potion he was making got spilled by his frog friend into his machine
List_of_Barbie_films
9시50분 방송" ["Running Man" canceled due to broadcast of Korea-Japan baseball game; "Rookie Coach Kim Yeon-kyung" to air at 9:50 PM]. Sports Korea (in Korean)
List of Running Man episodes (2025)
List_of_Running_Man_episodes_(2025)
2021–2022 South Korean television show
the game. The eliminated players will also work alongside the professor. They will judge the player's dancing knowledge. Reverse Rock-paper-scissors – It
The_Game_Caterers
Topics referred to by the same term
Paper, Scissors, Stone may refer to: Rock paper scissors, a hand game Nemesis Game, a film directed and written by Jesse Warn called Paper, Scissors, Stone
Paper,_Scissors,_Stone
Topics referred to by the same term
Look up rock paper scissors in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Rock paper scissors, or paper scissors rock, is an intransitive hand game played between two
Rock paper scissors (disambiguation)
Rock_paper_scissors_(disambiguation)
Korean rock-paper-scissors variant
of the two-player game rock paper scissors. It originated in South Korea. The game starts with an ordinary game of rock paper scissors (가위바위보). Once someone
Muk-jji-ppa
Behavioral ecologist and evolutionary biologist (1961–2021)
interests included game theory, climate change, herpetology, and animal behavior. One of his major discoveries was of a rock-paper-scissors game in side-blotched
Barry_Sinervo
American comedy game show
development, the show was titled What the What and based loosely on the party game "Scissors". The show was announced on August 29, 2019 and released on September 20
Game_Changer_(game_show)
Topics referred to by the same term
Look up running with scissors in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Running with Scissors may refer to: Running with Scissors (memoir), a 2002 book by Augusten
Running_with_Scissors
2003 video game
Postal 2 is a 2003 first-person shooter video game developed by Running with Scissors and published by Whiptail Interactive. It is the second installment
Postal_2
Episode list for an animated series
television series developed by Dave Wasson for Netflix, based on the 2017 video game Cuphead by Studio MDHR. Chad and Jared Moldenhauer, the creators of Cuphead
List of The Cuphead Show! episodes
List_of_The_Cuphead_Show!_episodes
Evolutionary strategy
2307/1548612. JSTOR 1548612. Sinervo, B.; C. M. Lively (1996). "The rock–paper–scissors game and the evolution of alternative male strategies". Nature. 380 (6571):
Mimicry
2006 film by Ryan Murphy
Running with Scissors is a 2006 American comedy drama film written and directed by Ryan Murphy, based on Augusten Burroughs' 2002 memoir of the same name
Running_with_Scissors_(film)
Creed 1971, pp. 1–19 Sinervo, B.; C.M. Lively (1996). "The rock–paper–scissors game and the evolution of alternative male strategies". Nature. 380 (6571):
List_of_polymorphisms
Mathematical models of strategic interactions
Game theory is the study of mathematical models of strategic interactions. It has applications in many fields of social science, and is used extensively
Game_theory
with other their females. What these lizards portray is the rock-paper-scissors game. In the species Uta stansburiana, throat coloration was also used as
Sexual selection in scaled reptiles
Sexual_selection_in_scaled_reptiles
Crystalyn (September 25, 2016). "One-Punch Man TV Anime Gets 2nd Season, Game App". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on September 26, 2016
List of One-Punch Man episodes
List_of_One-Punch_Man_episodes
Genus of lizards
Plays Rock-Paper-Scissors". New York Times. Retrieved January 2, 2026. Sinervo, B & Lively C.M. (1996) The rock-scissors-paper game and the evolution
Side-blotched_lizard
Video game series
Postal is a series of shooter video games created by Running with Scissors known for its high-speed gameplay, violence and off-color humor. The series'
Postal_(franchise)
Squid Game character
and takes them to an apartment where he forces them to play rock, paper, scissors with Russian roulette, during which Kim sacrifices himself and dies. The
The_Recruiter_(Squid_Game)
Inquirer. The childhood game "jak en poy," with a nonsense rhyme in Filipino that accompanies the hand gestures of rock, scissors, and paper, traces its
List of loanwords in the Tagalog language
List_of_loanwords_in_the_Tagalog_language
2012 video game
numerical value. There are three types of skills, akin to the Rock paper scissors game: Overt (damage skills), Feint (defense-breaking skills), and Block (blocks
Age_of_Wushu
Type of binary relation
The Rock–paper–scissors game is based on an intransitive and antitransitive relation "x beats y".
Transitive_relation
Heuristic learning strategy
of players of the game rock, paper, scissors shows that a variation of this strategy is adopted by real-world players of the game, instead of the Nash
Win–stay,_lose–switch
1989 video game
Thomas, reviewing the game for IGN, gave the game a 4.5/10, criticising the game's "floaty play control" and the Rock, Paper, Scissors boss battles, lamenting:
Alex Kidd in the Enchanted Castle
Alex_Kidd_in_the_Enchanted_Castle
Organized rock paper scissors competition
United States of America Rock Paper Scissors League was a national competition league for the hand game rock paper scissors. The first national champion was
USA Rock Paper Scissors League
USA_Rock_Paper_Scissors_League
Collectible card game
attacks they resist. These type matchups offset one another in rock–paper–scissors-style relationships. Pokémon Types in the TCG include Fire, Fighting, Dragon
Pokémon_Trading_Card_Game
with the same number of coins as Ji Suk-jin but lost in the rock paper scissors game to determine the prize winner. Jeon So-min returns beginning this episode
List of Running Man episodes (2020)
List_of_Running_Man_episodes_(2020)
British reality competition television series
Squid Game: The Challenge is a British reality competition television series based on the South Korean dystopian survival thriller drama television series
Squid_Game:_The_Challenge
2022 video game
Postal 4: No Regerts is a 2022 first-person shooter game developed and published by Running with Scissors. It is the fourth installment in the Postal franchise
Postal_4:_No_Regerts
Japanese manga series
repayment, incentivizing early game completion. Any excess beyond the repayment amount may be kept. The game adapts rock paper scissors using twelve cards (four
Kaiji_(manga)
Severely deficient supply of oxygen
knee-on-stomach position; or techniques such as leg scissors (also referred to as body scissors and in budō referred to as do-jime; 胴絞, "trunk strangle"
Asphyxia
adaptations, Funai similarly deceives Kaiji during the Restricted Rock-Paper-Scissors game, but loses when Kaiji discovers his cheating method. The sequel depicts
List_of_Kaiji_characters
2001 video game
battle will then start. The battle commands are based on a rock-paper-scissors game and include a sword or shield according to what turn you have. The sword
Dokapon:_Monster_Hunter
Condition in economics and game theory
example of a game in this category is rock paper scissors. Extensive form game Information asymmetry Partial knowledge Screening game Signaling game Osborne
Perfect_information
Japanese manga series
Pumpkin Scissors (Japanese: パンプキン・シザーズ, Hepburn: Panpukin Shizāzu) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Ryotaro Iwanaga [ja]. The series
Pumpkin_Scissors
Japanese urban legend
face with a mask or other item to hide her scar and carries a pair of scissors, a knife, or some other sharp object. She is most often described as a
Kuchisake-onna
2019 EP by Band-Maiko
World Domination. The title was taken from the maiko game "Tora-Tora", a type of rock paper scissors game, as well as having part of the lyrics refer to it
Band-Maiko_(album)
Evolutionary process
PMID 14722687. S2CID 20103440. Sinervo, B.; C.M. Lively (1996). "The rock–paper–scissors game and the evolution of alternative male strategies". Nature. 380 (6571):
Frequency-dependent_selection
Japanese light novel series and its adaptations
No Game No Life (Japanese: ノーゲーム・ノーライフ, Hepburn: Nō Gēmu Nō Raifu) is a Japanese light novel series by Yuu Kamiya. It is published under the MF Bunko J
No_Game_No_Life
Season of television series
Sheldon and Raj play a game of rock-paper-scissors-lizard-Spock, "The Lizard-Spock Expansion" of the traditional rock-paper-scissors game, to decide who gets
The_Big_Bang_Theory_season_2
Zero-sum game where competitions between strategies contain a cycle
"transitive game" or "intransitive game" are not used in game theory. A prototypical example of an intransitive game is the game rock, paper, scissors. In probabilistic
Intransitive_game
2000 action video games
end of the game wins. The mini-game Rock, Paper, Scissors included within Austin Powers: Oh, Behave! has the player compete in a timed game of rock paper
Austin Powers: Oh, Behave! and Welcome to My Underground Lair!
Austin_Powers:_Oh,_Behave!_and_Welcome_to_My_Underground_Lair!
Use of fMRI to decode brain stimuli
Yamazaki at Kyushu Institute of Technology found that during a rock-paper-scissors game a computer was able to determine the choice made by the subjects before
Brain-reading
Category of East Asian hand games
mushi-ken game's three animals: Orochimaru summons a snake, Jiraiya summons a toad, and Tsunade summons a slug. Rock paper scissors – Hand game for two
Sansukumi-ken
2023 video game
manipulate to solve problems. The game features a turn-based combat system which is based on a rock paper scissors formula. It originated as a webcomic
In_Stars_and_Time
2005 video game
Paper, Scissors game. Other versions, along with customizable decks and rewards for winning, were released later as time went on. The game was never
Virtual_Magic_Kingdom
2025 documentary film by Tad Sallee and Jason Sikorsky
profiling the 25 year long history about the Tucson gaming company Running With Scissors and its video game franchise Postal. The film premiered at the Phoenix
Going Postal: The Legacy Foretold
Going_Postal:_The_Legacy_Foretold
Species of lizard
three morphs compete against each other following a pattern of rock paper scissors, where one morph has advantages over another but is outcompeted by the
Common_side-blotched_lizard
Fictional characters
Recruiter, he is captured alongside Mr. Kim and forced to play a game combining rock paper scissors and Russian roulette. After surviving the first few rounds
List_of_Squid_Game_characters
Game of chasing and catching other people
going to be "it", often using a counting-out game such as eeny, meeny, miny, moe or rock paper scissors. The player selected to be "it" then chases the
Tag_(game)
aspects of the game and makes a very convincing presentation of his own idea, "Revolutionary Rock, Paper, Scissors", combining the well-known game with cards
List of Mr. Tonegawa: Middle Management Blues episodes
List_of_Mr._Tonegawa:_Middle_Management_Blues_episodes
Japanese game based on rock–paper–scissors
Yakyūken (野球拳; lit. 'baseball fist') is a Japanese game based on rock–paper–scissors. Three players compete. The host cries out "Play ball". The contestants
Yakyūken
Japanese AV actress
PSP game and video featured Nanba in a game of "yakyuken", a version of the venerable "rock-paper-scissors" game. In this strip variant, if the player
An_Nanba
Game class in game theory
In game theory, a signaling game is a type of a dynamic Bayesian game. The essence of a signaling game is that one player takes action, the signal, to
Signaling_game
Type of game involving individual competition
interest to play "scissors"; and if Player 1 plays "scissors", Player 2 will, in their own interests, play "rock". The Prisoner's Dilemma game is another well-known
Non-cooperative_game_theory
American actor (born 1962)
Manny, Walden on Wow! Wow! Wubbzy!, Paco on Maya & Miguel, Scissors on Rock Paper Scissors, and the Disney character Panchito Pistoles since 2001. He
Carlos_Alazraqui
2005 open letter by Jack Thompson
such a game would never be made because developers would be afraid to "train" people to kill them. He was unaware that Running with Scissors had already
A_Modest_Video_Game_Proposal
Game which may tie when both players play optimally
rock–paper–scissors, in which there is no path to a draw or every strategy in the game can be beaten by another strategy. Partisan game Impartial game Solved
Futile_game
2013 video game
"Moonsparkles" in a given section of the game. Throughout most of the story, Kutaro is armed with a pair of magical scissors, known as 'Calibrus', enabling him
Puppeteer_(video_game)
Complete plan on how a game player will behave in every possible game situation
number of discrete strategies available to them. For instance, a game of rock paper scissors comprises a single move by each player—and each player's move
Strategy_(game_theory)
1983 pornographic video game
objective is to reach the door at the center of the labyrinth avoiding scissors, crabs or teeth. Clearing the challenge, the player enters a bonus stage
X-Man_(video_game)
South Korean television reality show
Paper, Scissors is a competition in which players must roll dice with two symbols of rock, paper, scissors on them to beat their opponent on the game board
Elite_League_(TV_series)
Game whose outcome can be correctly predicted
strategy of the opponent. As an example, the perfect strategy for rock paper scissors would be to randomly choose each of the options with equal (1/3) probability
Solved_game
"MMM...PIE", a reference to Weebl and Bob Rock Paper Scissors The classic rock paper scissors game. The site has a single player and a multiplayer version
List_of_Weebl's_cartoons
example of such a magma may be derived from the children's game of rock, paper, scissors. Such magmas give rise to non-associative algebras. A magma
Commutative_magma
1996 video game
their list of best Sega Saturn games, stating that "the game's high-speed, rock-paper-scissors style of play was a quick hit with arcade players". In 2011
Dead_or_Alive_(video_game)
Japanese video game series
weaknesses of each Pokémon and its moves. These types interact in rock–paper–scissors-style relationships: Pokémon take double damage from attacking moves of
Pokémon_(video_game_series)
Concept in game design
that C beats A, like in rock-paper-scissors. Intransitive relations can be assessed within the properties of game elements instead of just defining the
Game_balance
Action-platform video game
perfect blending of game character with animation ideas." The gameplay for Mega Man was inspired by the game rock paper scissors. The project supervisor
Mega_Man_(1987_video_game)
1995 video game
Both duel battles and strategic war battles are analogous to Rock, Paper, Scissors. In one-on-one duels, there are three commands: attack, defend and special
Suikoden_(video_game)
S2CID 92410360. Sinervo, B.; Lively, C. M. (1996). "The rock–paper–scissors game and the evolution of alternative male strategies". Nature. 380 (6571)
Alternative_mating_strategy
Small spherical toy
marble scissors, a device for making marbles, in 1846. Ceramic marbles entered inexpensive mass production in the 1870s.[citation needed] The game has become
Marble_(toy)
Game class in game theory
a 2 player game in rock-paper-scissors will look like this: Another common representation of a simultaneous game is extensive form (game tree). Information
Simultaneous_game
This is a list of notable video game companies that have made games for either computers (like PC or Mac), video game consoles, handheld or mobile devices
List_of_video_game_developers
Japanese strategy game
spindle, line, crane wing, circle, and square. These have rock–paper–scissors-style strengths and weaknesses. Characters differ in the formations they
Legend of the Galactic Heroes (2008 video game)
Legend_of_the_Galactic_Heroes_(2008_video_game)
2008 video game
of allied soldiers; and Snipers. These various units form a rock-paper-scissors dynamic of strength and weakness. The foot soldiers (Scout, Shocktrooper
Valkyria Chronicles (video game)
Valkyria_Chronicles_(video_game)
2009 video game
Postal Babes (stylized as POSTALBabes) is a mobile game developed for Running with Scissors by HeroCraft. It was released in February, 2009. Though part
Postal_Babes
right fist incorporating the three hand gestures of the rock-paper-scissors game in quick succession. Moonlight Rhapsody (月下狂詩曲, Mūnraito Rapusodi):
List of Aquarion Evol characters
List_of_Aquarion_Evol_characters
Australian physicist (born 1942)
Weighing the Soul: The Evolution of Scientific Ideas (2004) Rock, Paper, Scissors: Game Theory in Everyday Life (2008) The Perfect Swarm: The Science of Complexity
Len_Fisher
Branch of game theory about two-player sequential games with perfect information
Combinatorial game theory is a branch of mathematics and theoretical computer science that typically studies sequential games with perfect information
Combinatorial_game_theory
1998 video game
game developed by Omega Force and published by Koei for the PlayStation. Destrega separates itself from other games by creating a rock paper scissors
Destrega
Japanese anime television series
class's best gambler. Mary challenges Yumeko to a modified rock-paper-scissors game: (Jankenpon). Although Yumeko loses, she requests a final bet worth
Kakegurui_(2017_TV_series)
1995 video game
deformed features, wielding a huge pair of scissors, named Bobby Barrows, also known as the Scissorman in the game. While exploring the mansion, Jennifer
Clock_Tower_(1995_video_game)
Game with physically enacted role-play
an action symbolically, for example by rolling dice, playing rock paper scissors or comparing character attributes. There are also LARPs that do without
Live_action_role-playing_game
all the way out to the beach. Nishikata and Takagi play a rock-paper-scissors game with a Glico variant. 14 August 12, 2020 978-4-09-850210-3 March 29
List of Teasing Master Takagi-san volumes
List_of_Teasing_Master_Takagi-san_volumes
Police". Kickstarter. Retrieved 22 October 2016. Playism Games. "Project Scissors: NightCry". Kickstarter. Retrieved 27 January 2015. Pixel Titans (20 January
List of video game crowdfunding projects
List_of_video_game_crowdfunding_projects
Game whose payoffs depend on strategies as opposed to players
In game theory, a symmetric game is a game where the payoffs for playing a particular strategy depend only on the other strategies employed, not on who
Symmetric_game
SCISSORS GAME
SCISSORS GAME
Surname or Lastname
English and Irish (of Norman origin)
English and Irish (of Norman origin) : habitational name from La Varrenne in Seine-Maritime, France, named with a Gaulish element probably descriptive of alluvial land or sandy soil.English : topographic name for someone who lived by a game park, or an occupational name for someone employed in one, from Anglo-Norman French warrene or Middle English wareine ‘warren’, ‘piece of land for breeding game’.Irish : adopted as an Englsih form of Gaelic Ó Murnáin (see Murnane, Warner).The surname Warren was brought to North America from England independently by many different bearers in the 17th and 18th centuries. Richard Warren, a London merchant, was one of the Pilgrims on the Mayflower. John Warren came to Salem, MA, in 1630 on the Arbella, and was the founder of an influential 18th-century Boston family. Arthur Warren emigrated to Weymouth, MA, before 1638.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : status name for a reeve, the chief magistrate or bailiff of a district, from Latin praetor.Dutch : occupational name for a warden of meadows or a gamekeeper, from Middle Dutch prater, preter (Latin pratarius, a derivative of pratum ‘meadow’).Dutch and North German : nickname for an excessively talkative person, from Middle Low German praten ‘to talk or prattle’.German : variant of Brater (see Brader 2).
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from Middle English game, gamen ‘amusement’, ‘pastime’ (Old English gamen), hence a nickname for a merry or sporty person.German (Gä(h)me) : from a Germanic personal name formed with Old High German gaman ‘fun’, ‘game’.
Surname or Lastname
English (also established in Ireland), French, and Dutch
English (also established in Ireland), French, and Dutch : nickname for an inveterate gambler or a brave or foolhardy man prepared to run risks, from Middle English, Old French hasard, Middle Dutch hasaert (derived from Old French) ‘game of chance’, later used metaphorically of other uncertain enterprises. The word derives from Arabic az-zahr, from az, assimilated form of the definite article al + zahr ‘die’. It appears to have been picked up in the Holy Land and brought back to Europe by Provençal crusaders.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : occupational and topographic name for someone who lived or worked in a forest (see Forrest).English : Norman French nickname or occupational name from Old French forcetier ‘cutter’, an agent noun from forcettes ‘scissors’.English : occupational name, by metathesis, from Old French fust(r)ier ‘blockmaker’ (a derivative of fustre ‘block of wood’).German (Förster) : occupational and topographic name for someone who lived and worked in a forest (see Forst).Jewish (Ashkenazic) : ornamental name from German Forst ‘forest’.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : nickname from a medieval throwing game, known as hurlebat(te).
Surname or Lastname
English and French
English and French : from a personal name, Latin Rufinus, a derivative of Rufus (see Ruffo 1). This was popularized by various minor early saints, including a 3rd-century martyr of Soissons and a 4th-century Church Father.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from a pet form of Gamel, from the Old Norse personal name Gamall (see Gamble).Americanized form of French Gamelin.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : occupational name for a hunter, Old English hunta (a primary derivative of huntian ‘to hunt’). The term was used not only of the hunting on horseback of game such as stags and wild boars, which in the Middle Ages was a pursuit restricted to the ranks of the nobility, but also to much humbler forms of pursuit such as bird catching and poaching for food. The word seems also to have been used as an Old English personal name and to have survived into the Middle Ages as an occasional personal name. Compare Huntington and Huntley.Irish : in some cases (in Ulster) of English origin, but more commonly used as a quasi-translation of various Irish surnames such as Ó Fiaich (see Fee).Possibly an Americanized spelling of German Hundt.
Surname or Lastname
English and French
English and French : from the Middle English, Old French personal name Crispin, Latin Crispinus, a family name derived from crispus ‘curly-haired’ (see Crisp). This name was especially popular in France in the early Middle Ages, having been borne by a saint who was martyred at Soissons in ad c. 285 along with a companion, Crispinianus (whose name is a further derivative of the same word).English and French : diminutive of Crisp.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Sumpter.Fort Sumter, SC, was named in honor of Thomas Sumter, known as the ‘Gamecock of the Revolution’ for the fear he inspired in the British and Tory forces and the pivotal role he played in key American victories. Born in 1734 near Charlottesville, VA, he was of Welsh heritage; his ancestors probably emigrated to America in the late 17th century.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Game.English : from Anglo-Norman French gambon ‘ham’, a diminutive of gambe, Norman-Picard form of Old French jambe ‘leg’ (Late Latin gamba), hence probably a nickname for someone with some peculiarity of the legs or gait.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Dyer.Dutch : reduced form of the French personal name Didier.South German : from Middle High German dier ‘wild animal’, ‘game’; probably a metonymic occupational name for a hunter, or a habitational name for someone living at a house distinguished by a sign depicting a deer.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : occupational name for a forester employed to look after the trees and game in a forest, Middle English woodward (from the Old English elements mentioned at 2).English : perhaps also from an Old English personal name Wuduweard, composed of the elements wudu ‘wood’ + weard ‘guardian’, ‘protector’.English : Henry Woodward emigrated from England in 1635 and settled first in Dorchester, MA, and subsequently in Northampton, MA. He had many prominent descendants. Another Henry Woodward, born about 1646 in the British West Indies, was the first English settler in SC (1664).
Surname or Lastname
Spanish
Spanish : variant of Gámez (see Gamez).English : variant of Game.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : nickname for a merry or sporty person, from Middle English gode ‘good’ + game, gamen ‘sport’, ‘pastime’.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : topographic name for someone who lived by a piece of ground used for playing games, from Middle English pleye ‘play’ + sted(e) ‘place’, hence ‘place for play or sport’. In some cases it may be a habitational name from Chapel Plaster in Box, Wiltshire. Compare Plaster 2.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : occupational name for a gamekeeper or warden, from Middle English ranger, an agent derivative of range(n) ‘to arrange or dispose’.German : variant of Rang 2, 3.German : habitational name for someone from any of the places named Rangen, in Alsace, Bavaria, and Hesse.French : from a Germanic personal name formed with rang, rank ‘curved’, ‘bent’; ‘slender’.A person called Ranger from La Rochelle, France, is documented in Quebec City in 1684 with the secondary surname
Surname or Lastname
English (of Norman origin)
English (of Norman origin) : habitational name from Soissons in northern France, named for the Gaulish tribe who once inhabited the area, and whose name is recorded in Latin documents in the form Suessiones, of uncertain derivation.
Surname or Lastname
English and Scottish
English and Scottish : occupational name for a gamekeeper, someone whose job was to watch over game in a park, from Old French warrennier (central Old French garennier) ‘warrener’. See also Warren 2.
SCISSORS GAME
SCISSORS GAME
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian, Marathi
Melodious
Girl/Female
Hindu
The heart
Boy/Male
Hindu
Boy/Male
English American
Lives near a bridge.
Boy/Male
Arthurian Legend
Brother of Percival.
Girl/Female
Australian American
Derived from the Australian city of Melbourne.
Girl/Female
Latin
Wise.
Girl/Female
Assamese, Christian, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Marathi, Parsi, Sindhi, Telugu
A Celestial
Boy/Male
Christian & English(British/American/Australian)
Flourishing
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian
Greatness
SCISSORS GAME
SCISSORS GAME
SCISSORS GAME
SCISSORS GAME
SCISSORS GAME
n.
One who has the care of game, especially in a park or preserve.
a.
Destitute of game.
v. t.
To cut with scissors or shears; to prepare with the aid of scissors.
n. pl.
A cutting instrument resembling shears, but smaller, consisting of two cutting blades with handles, movable on a pin in the center, by which they are held together. Often called a pair of scissors.
n.
A case for one or several small articles; esp., a box in which scissors, tweezers, and other articles of toilet or of daily use are carried.
v. i.
To clip with scissors.
a.
Having the outer feathers much the longest, the others decreasing regularly to the median ones.
imp. & p. p.
of Game
a.
Of or pertaining to such animals as are hunted for game, or to the act or practice of hunting.
n.
A single thing, composed of two pieces fitted to each other and used together; as, a pair of scissors; a pair of tongs; a pair of bellows.
n.
A single cut, as with shears or scissors; a clip.
v. t.
To cut off the nip or neb of, or to cut off at once with shears or scissors; to clip off suddenly; to nip; hence, to break off; to snatch away.
n.
A kind of scissors used for opening the intestinal canal, as in post-mortem examinations.
n.
A person who plays at games; esp., one accustomed to play for a stake; a gambler; one skilled in games.
n. pl.
Scissors.
n.
A longitudinal opening in a body, made by cutting; a cleft; a fissure.
a.
Full of game or games.
v. t.
To cut off; as with shears or scissors; as, to clip the hair; to clip coin.
n.
The male game fowl.
n.
The restless flycatcher (Seisura inquieta) of Australia; -- called also restless thrush and volatile thrush. It makes a noise like a scissors grinder, to which the name alludes.