tiddlywinks UK /ˈtɪdəlɪwɪŋks/US /ˈtɪdliˌwɪŋks/ noun2 •[before a noun, plural only] A competitive game in which the objective is to flick as many small discs (each called a tiddlywink or wink) as possible into a container (the pot) by pressing on their edges with a larger disc (a shooter or squidger), causing them to jump up from the surface on which they are placed.Mantrap—Sinclair Lewis—Harcourt, Brace. The great realist plays an amusing game of tiddlywinks in the north woods. — 1926 •[plural only] (figurative) Especially in the form to play tiddlywinks: a meaningless or unimportant activity.
