1. rock paper scissors - Noun
2. rock paper scissors - Verb
(hand games) A popular children's game using three hand signs representing rock, paper and scissors, frequently used as a tiebreaker.
Synonyms: paper scissors stone, scissors paper rock, scissors paper stone, janken, roshambo
(by extension) Any situation where strategies are not transitive, meaning each strategy is strong against some strategies and weak against others in a loop such that there is no universally best option.
rock-paper-scissors (uncountable)
Alternative spelling of rock paper scissors
rock-paper-scissors (third-person singular simple present rock-paper-scissors, present participle rock-paper-scissoring, simple past and past participle rock-paper-scissored)
To play a round of Rock–paper–scissors.
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A Condorcet winner doesn't always exist because majority preferences can be like rock-paper-scissors : for each candidate, there can be another that is preferred by some majority (this is known as Condorcet paradox ). Source: Internet
In an alternative style of bidding, all players simultaneously hold out fingers for the number of tricks they want to bid (similar in style to a rock-paper-scissors shoot). Source: Internet
It follows the rock-paper-scissors scenario - boxer beats brawler, brawler beats swarmer, and swarmer beats boxer. citation Boxer/out-fighter Heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali was a typical example of an out-fighter. Source: Internet
Some of the bosses are fought through a minigame of rock-paper-scissors where others you have to fight or crash the Sukopako "motorbike" into a pirate bear. Source: Internet
The probability of a tie in an odd-number-of-weapons game can be calculated based on the number of weapons n as 1/n, so the probability of a tie is 1/3 in standard rock-paper-scissors, but 1/5 in a version that offered five moves instead of three. Source: Internet