/tid"lee wingks'/ , n. ( used with a sing. v. )
a game played on a flat surface, in which players attempt to snap small plastic disks into a cup by pressing the edges of the disks with larger ones.
Also, tiddledywinks /tid"l dee wingks'/ .
[ 1835-45; pl. of tiddlywink ( tiddly tiny + dial. wink, var. of WINCH), referring to the counter used to snap the pieces into place; see -S 3 ]