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Life's full of tricky snakes and ladders.
Steven Patrick Morrissey

Meaning of "snakes and ladders" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SNAKES AND LADDERS

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SNAKES AND LADDERS

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Snakes and ladders is a noun.
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WHAT DOES SNAKES AND LADDERS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

snakes and ladders

Snakes and Ladders

Snakes and Ladders is an ancient Indian board game regarded today as a worldwide classic. It is played between two or more players on a gameboard having numbered, gridded squares. A number of "ladders" and "snakes" are pictured on the board, each connecting two specific board squares. The object of the game is to navigate one's game piece, according to die rolls, from the start to the finish, helped or hindered by ladders and snakes respectively. The historic version had root in morality lessons, where a player's progression up the board represented a life journey complicated by virtues and vices. The game is a simple race contest based on sheer luck, and is popular with young children.

Definition of snakes and ladders in the English dictionary

The definition of snakes and ladders in the dictionary is a board game in which players move counters along a series of squares according to throws of a dice. A ladder provides a short cut to a square nearer the finish and a snake obliges a player to return to a square nearer the start.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SNAKES AND LADDERS

snake juice
snake mackerel
snake oil
snake pit
Snake River
snake´s head
snakebird
snakebit
snakebite
snakebitten
snakefish
snakehead
snakelike
snakemouth
snakeroot
snakeskin
snakestone
snakeweed
snakewise
snakewood

WORDS THAT END LIKE SNAKES AND LADDERS

blinders
Borders
Childers
dividers
do wonders
East Flanders
Enders
firing on all cylinders
Flanders
flinders
holy orders
in holy orders
orders
Randers
rounders
Saunders
Scottish Borders
Space Invaders
suspenders
waders

Synonyms and antonyms of snakes and ladders in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «snakes and ladders» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SNAKES AND LADDERS

Find out the translation of snakes and ladders to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of snakes and ladders from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «snakes and ladders» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

蛇和梯子
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

serpientes y escaleras
570 millions of speakers

English

snakes and ladders
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

सांप और सीढ़ी
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

ثعابين وسلالم
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Змеи и лестницы
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Snakes and Ladders
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

সাপ ও মই
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

serpents et échelles
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Ular dan tangga
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Schlangen und Leitern
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ヘビやはしご
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

뱀과 사다리
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ula lan tangga
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

rắn và thang
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பாம்புகள் மற்றும் பாதைகள்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

साप आणि सीडी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

yılanlar ve merdivenler
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

serpenti e scale
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

węże i drabiny
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Змії і сходи
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

șerpi și scări
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

φίδια και σκάλες
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

slange en lere
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

ormar och stegar
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

slanger og stiger
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of snakes and ladders

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about snakes and ladders

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Steven Patrick Morrissey
Life's full of tricky snakes and ladders.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SNAKES AND LADDERS»

Discover the use of snakes and ladders in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to snakes and ladders and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The American Opera Singer: The Lives and Adventures of ...
In America today, opera has never been more popular, and one reason for this is, no doubt, that American opera singers are fixtures on every leading opera stage throughout the world.
Peter G. Davis, 1997
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Snakes and Ladders
In Snakes and Ladders, she gives a loving but unflinching assessment of India today, in an account that is entertaining, informative, and wholly personal. From the Trade Paperback edition.
Gita Mehta, 2010
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Snakes and Ladders
Banana Storybooks series. This title a Red Bananas level.
Michael Morpurgo, 2013
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Midnight's Children
This novel is at once a fascinating family saga and an astonishing evocation of a vast land and its people–a brilliant incarnation of the universal human comedy.
Salman Rushdie, 2010
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Snakes and Ladders: Reviewing Feminisms at Century's End; ...
This book reviews the current state of feminist thinking in the run-up to the millenium, its priorities and concerns; drawing critical attention to the losses as well as the gains of contemporary feminist work.
Feminist Review Collective, 1999
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Snakes and ladders
Fergus Finlay is a Sunday Times columnist and author of A President with a Purpose, about Mary Robinson's election.
Fergus Finlay, 1998
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Snakes and ladders (and hundreds of mice!)
Young readers are invited to help a curious cat, who has wandered into Tottering Tower and cannot find his way out, through a maze of ladders and snakes that make him start over if he chooses the wrong way.
Piers Harper, 1997
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The NHS Experience: The "snakes and Ladders" Guide for ...
This is a book that should be read by all healthcare professionals and everyone who uses the NHS.
Hilary Cass, 2006
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Snakes and Ladders:
“Life is harsh, Finn, face it. It's a great big game of snakes and ladders. Duggie has slid down a snake and you've been given the chance to climb a ladder.” She paused and carefully placed her glass on the coaster before looking straight into  ...
Mary-anne Scott, 2012
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Snakes & Ladders
For as long as 13-year-old Paige Morrow can remember, the tree fort in the giant oak near her cottage in Ontarios Muskoka has been her sanctuary.
Shaun Smith, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SNAKES AND LADDERS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term snakes and ladders is used in the context of the following news items.
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Firefighters play snakes and ladders at Wicksteed Park in Kettering
Wicksteed Park has marked the opening of its latest attraction by completing the world's biggest game of snakes and ladders, where sliding down a snake ... «Northamptonshire Telegraph, Jul 15»
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CIA Created Osama bin Laden Board Game Up For Auction
Las Angeles: A snakes and ladders 'terror' board game featuring al-Qaeda top brass, including Osama bin Laden, and former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein that ... «NDTV, Jun 15»
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Snakes and ladders top list of Canadians' fears, just don't ask them …
Snakes are the most common fear among both sexes, with 46 per cent of women and 33 per cent of men recoiling at the thought of meeting one. Turns out ... «Canada NewsWire, Jun 15»
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The Worst Board Games Ever Invented
Candy Land, Snakes and Ladders (also called Chutes and Ladders) and War are driven purely by chance. The Game of Life is close. It's heavily chance-based, ... «FiveThirtyEight, Jan 15»
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Snakes and ladders
Many years ago, a fellow colleague shared a beautiful story. A little boy wanted a red bicycle for his birthday. The family were going through a lean period and ... «The Hindu, Nov 14»
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Social snakes and ladders — Times writers reflect on their changing …
What did your father do? Probably not the same as you. Three quarters of us will move social class during our lifetime, according to a landmark study by the ... «The Times, Nov 14»
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Wiley - Snakes And Ladders
'Snakes And Ladders' does give a nod to the States, though. 'Lonely', featuring Cam'Ron and Problem, bridges that UK to US grime movement that people like ... «Clash Magazine, Nov 14»
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Wiley to release his new album Snakes and Ladders on Monday 3 …
This coming Monday, 3 November, one of the most iconic names in grime will be releasing his new album Snakes & Ladders. It will have feature spots from Big ... «The 405, Oct 14»
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Balotelli snakes and ladders: Try being Mario
It is not easy being Mario Balotelli, but why don't you have a go. Play your way through the highs and lows of his career with the BBC Sport snakes and ladders ... «BBC Sport, Oct 14»
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David King profiles all AFL clubs and who they must trade or pick up …
It's the AFL's game of snakes and ladders, and all teams move and shake on ... The Dees also are at ground zero and will have to hit every ladder for Paul Roos ... «Herald Sun, Aug 14»

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