halma

/ ˈhælmə /

noun

1. a board game in which players attempt to transfer their pieces from their own to their opponents' bases

Word History and Origins

Origin of halma¹

C19: from Greek halma leap, from hallesthai to leap

Example Sentences

I must continue my normal life, I must play Halma with my mother, and slang the gardeners if they are lazy.

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Coming near the wire for the first time, Halma took the lead, and to make the story short, held it easily to the end.

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The present position in the challenge for the World's Halma Championship is this.

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A Halma man, with an inborn taste for machinery, had long pined to leave the gathering of pine-apples to others.

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As a crowning dissipation, they all sat down to play progressive halma, with milk-chocolate for prizes.

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