Peekaboo: alternatives and connections

To take by choice into relationship, as, child, heir, friend, citizen, etc.; esp. to take voluntarily (a child of other parents) to be…

a legal proceeding that creates a parent-child relation between persons not related by blood; the adopted child is entitled to all pri…

To fix the paternity of; -- said of an illegitimate child; as, to affiliate the child to (or on or upon) one man rather than another.

A game at cards, called "High, Low, Jack, and the Game."

Pertaining to an Attic festival at the naming of a child; -- so called because the friends of the parents carried the child around the…

A changeling or elf child, -- that is, one left by fairies; a deformed or foolish child; a simpleton; an oaf.

In the game of backgammon, to beat by ending the game before the loser is clear of his first "table".

A "natural" child; a child begotten and born out of wedlock; an illegitimate child; one born of an illicit union.

A child's game.

An old game; (a) The game of tipcat and the implement with which it is played. See Tipcat. (c) A game of ball, called, according to th…

An old game at cards, supposed to be like piquet; -- so called because 100 points won the game.

A game, called also daughts, played on a checkerboard by two persons, each having twelve men (counters or checkers) which are moved di…

The position in the game of chess when a king is in check and cannot be released, -- which ends the game.

One who, by character of practice, shows signs of relationship to, or of the influence of, another; one closely connected with a place…

Resembling a child, or that which belongs to children; becoming a child; meek; submissive; dutiful.

Having the character of a child; belonging, or appropriate, to a child.

A game in which questions are asked for the purpose of enabling the questioners to discover a word or thing previously selected by two…

A child's game played on paper or on a slate, consisting of lines arranged in the form of a cross.