Noun: mumblety-peg 'múm-bul-tee,peg
- A game in which players throw or flip a jackknife in various ways so that the knife sticks in the ground
"Mumblety-peg was once a popular pastime among schoolboys";
- mumble-the-peg [archaic]
Derived forms: mumblety-pegs
Type of: child's game
Encyclopedia: Mumblety-peg