marbles

/ ˈmɑːbəlz /

noun

1. functioning as singular a game in which marbles are rolled at one another, similar to bowls
2. informal.
   functioning as plural wits

   to lose one's marbles

Example Sentences

“The October surprise is that Trump has completely lost his marbles,” Anthony Scaramucci, the former president’s one-time White House communications director, posted on social media.

From Salon

One of them looked to be clutching several glass marbles in his hand.

From BBC

Flat glass marbles on the fire extinguisher “body” glittered in the sunlight.

From Los Angeles Times

“A city is not only monuments and marbles; it is people,” said Giovanni Andrea Martini, a City Council member in Venice.

From Los Angeles Times

“It's like having a pipe where you stuff marbles in one end, and you keep on stuffing them in because it takes a long time, and eventually the marbles start popping out.”

From BBC

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