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🪙 A trivial thing 🎹 A short piece 🎱 A ball game
bagatelle

bagatelle

9.9
A table game where players use short sticks to hit balls into holes guarded by wooden pegs
  • noun
  • /ˌbæɡəˈtɛl/
  • Archaic
translation icon : bagatela
  • The rules of bagatelle require caution, as knocking over the pegs leads to penalties.

Examples

  • We found an old bagatelle table in the attic and played for hours.

  • We played a game of bagatelle at the local arcade.

  • He became fascinated with bagatelle after visiting a vintage games exhibition.

  • The children enjoyed bagatelles during their family picnic.

  • We found an old bagatelle table in the attic and played for hours.

  • The rules of bagatelle require caution, as knocking over the pegs leads to penalties.

  • We played a game of bagatelle at the local arcade.

Synonyms

billiards
vsbagatelle
15 4.4

Games played on a table with a cloth top where players use a long stick to hit balls

focuses on a game with holes guarded by pegs
table game
vsbagatelle
1 2.6

A game played on a table like a board game or card game

is a cue game defined by holes and peg penalties
bar billiards
vsbagatelle
  • UK
8.2

A table game like pool where short cues hit balls into holes while knocking wooden pegs loses points

is the same specific peg-and-hole cue game

Surface Forms

bagatelle singular
bagatelles plural

Etymology

Bagatelle also names a small table game, and the name comes from Italian bagatella 'little thing' because it was a simple, playful 'trifle' to play on a table.