Poohsticks.
A game for two or more players in which each player throws a stick into a river from the upstream side of a bridge crossing it, the winner being the player whose stick emerges first on the other side.
Meaning & usage
A game for two or more players in which each player throws a stick into a river from the upstream side of a bridge crossing it, the winner being the player whose stick emerges first on the other side.
Where this word comes from
From Pooh + sticks, coined by the English author Alan Alexander Milne (1882–1956) in his book The House at Pooh Corner (1928): see the quotation.
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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.