Jenga

Meaning

Proper Noun

  • A game where players take turns to remove wooden blocks from a stack formed brickwise, the loser being the player whose actions cause the tower to fall.
  • Any activity that involves great precision with a risk of great failure.

Origin

  • From the Swahili verb jenga.

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