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Jenga
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jenga
English
thumb|A Jenga tower
Etymology
en :bor sw:jenga<alt:-jenga> 1
en sw jenga -jenga to construct, to build.Arthur Cornwallis Madan, Swahili-English Dictionary (1903)
Pronunciation
jĕnggə, en /ˈd͡ʒɛŋɡə/
Proper noun
en games 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.
en Jack Guy This robot could beat you at Jenga w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/31/americas/mit-jenga-robot-scli-intl 2019-01-31 With a soft-pronged gripper, external camera and force-sensing wrist cuff, the robot can both see and feel individual blocks in a Jenga tower, according to an MIT statement. https://web.archive.org/web/20221128031150/https://edition.cnn.com/2019/01/31/americas/mit-jenga-robot-scli-intl
en figurative Any activity that involves great precision with a risk of great failure.
Translations
game
Chinese:
Cantonese: yue 層層疊
Mandarin: cmn 疊疊樂
Danish: da klodsmajor
Finnish: fi huojuva torni
Japanese: ja ジェンガ Jenga
Korean: ko ^젠가
Portuguese: pt treme-torre m
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