• (n.) A childish play, in which one covers his eyes, and guesses who strikes him or his hand placed behind him.
Hot'coc`kles noun [ Hot + cockle , cockle being perhaps corrupt. from knuckle . Confer French main chaude (lit., hot hand) hotcockles.] A childish play, in which one covers his eyes, and guesses who strikes him or his hand placed behind him.