chinese whispers
1Chinese whispers — Chinese whispers[1] is one name for a game played around the world, in which one person whispers a message to another, which is passed through a line of people until the last player announces the message to the entire group. Errors typically… …
2Chinese whispers — singular noun A game in which a message is passed in a whisper from one to another of a group of people, with the result that the final version is different from the original, often amazingly or humorously so • • • Main Entry: ↑china * * * noun… …
3chinese whispers — (UK) When a story is told from person to person, especially if it is gossip or scandal, it inevitably gets distorted and exaggerated. This process is called Chinese whispers …
4Chinese whispers — n [U] BrE the passing of information from one person to another, and then to others, when the information gets slightly changed each time …
5Chinese whispers — ► PLURAL NOUN (treated as sing. ) ▪ a game in which a message is distorted by being passed around in a whisper …
6Chinese Whispers — For the party game, see Chinese whispers. Chinese Whispers is a 1987 novella by Maurice Leitch published as a Hutchinson Novella in Australia and the United Kingdom and as part of the Harper Short Novel Series in the United States. Categories:… …
7Chinese whispers — n [U] a game in which one person in a circle of people whispers a message (= says it very quietly) to the next person, who whispers it to the next, and so on until it comes back to the first person. The words have usually changed completely on… …
8chinese whispers — (UK) When a story is told from person to person, especially if it is gossip or scandal, it inevitably gets distorted and exaggerated. This process is called Chinese whispers. (Dorking School Dictionary) …
9Chinese whispers — noun (U) BrE the passing of information from one person to another, and then others, when the information gets slightly changed each time: Chinese whispers started about child abuse in Cleveland and developed into a national scandal …
10Chinese whispers — (UK) When a story is told from person to person, especially if it is gossip or scandal, it inevitably gets distorted and exaggerated. This process is called Chinese whispers …
