noun
1. : a game in which an endless string looped in a cradlelike pattern on the fingers of one person's hands is transferred to the hands of another in such a way as to form a different symmetrical figure at each transfer — compare string figure
2.
a. : any of the figures formed with string in the game of cat's cradle
b. : something resembling one of these figures especially in intricacy
trees … latticed and knitted and strung together by a cat's cradle of lianas and creepers — Nadine Gordimer
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