CAT'S CRADLE


Meaning of CAT'S CRADLE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ noun ]

Date: 1754

1. : a game in which a string looped in a pattern like a cradle on the fingers of one person's hands is transferred to the hands of another so as to form a different figure

2. : something that is intricate, complicated, or elaborate

a cat's cradle of red tape

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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.