Jenga.
A game where players take turns removing wooden blocks from a stack formed brickwise, the loser being the player whose actions cause the tower to collapse.
Meaning & usage
A game where players take turns removing wooden blocks from a stack formed brickwise, the loser being the player whose actions cause the tower to collapse.
Any activity that involves great precision with a risk of great failure.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Bantu [Term?] Swahili -jengabor. English Jenga Borrowed from Swahili -jenga (“to construct, to build”).
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.