conker

noun
🔊/ˈkɒŋkə(r)/
🔊/ˈkɑːŋkər/
(British English, informal)
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  1. [countable] the smooth shiny brown nut of the horse chestnut tree 七叶树果
    synonym horse chestnut (2) compare chestnut
  2. conkers
    [uncountable] a children’s game played with conkers on strings, in which two players take turns to try to hit and break each other’s conker康克戏(儿童游戏,双方用系在绳上的七叶果轮流互击,以击破对方的七叶果)Topics Games and toysc2
  3. Word Originmid 19th cent. (a dialect word denoting a snail shell, with which the game, or a form of it, was originally played): perhaps from conch, but associated with (and frequently spelled) conquer in the 19th and early 20th cents: an alternative name was conquerors.