snakes and ladders

Noun

Meaning

a board game for children who use dice to move counters up ladders and down snakes

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

chutes and ladders checkers aggravation chess dominoes ludo board game backgammon draughts parlour game parlor game mancala game fever game board dice game

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Hypernyms

board game

Examples

Gods prefer simple, vicious games, where you Do Not Achieve Transcendence but Go Straight To Oblivion; a key to the understanding of all religion is that a god's idea of amusement is Snakes and Ladders with greased rungs. Terry Pratchett

Life's full of tricky snakes and ladders. Morrissey

Close letter words and terms

snakeroot snakes snakes alive snakes in the boots snakeshead snakeskin