sharks and minnows

sharks and minnows
a pool game where one person is the "shark" and the rest are "minnows". The shark tries to tag the minnows before they can swim across the pool. A tagged minnow becomes the shark in the next round. The game continues until all minnows have been tagged. Variations on this simple explanation exist. Also called sharks and maidens. See also fish-out-of-water

Dictionary of ichthyology. 2009.

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