Aggies are marbles that are made from agate or glass that resembles agate.
Bowling occurs when a player rolls a shot on the ground.
Bumblebees are yellow and black striped marbles.
Edgers are marbles near the edge of the ring.
For Fair means playing for the fun of the game. At the end of each game, the marbles are returned to their owners.
For Keeps means each player keeps the marbles that he shoots out of the ring.
Histing occurs when a player raises their hand from the ground while shooting.
A hit occurs when a player shoots a marble out of the ring.
Hunching occurs when a player moves their hand forward across the ring line when shooting from the line, or moves the hand forward from the spot where the shooter came to rest inside the ring.
Knuckling down is a position in which at least one knuckle must touch the ground until the shooter has left the hand.
Lofting (or plunking), a difficult shot, occurs when a player shoots in an arc through the air to hit a marble.
Marbles should only be used as a term for the target marbles. These can also be called mibs, miggs, ducks, kimmies, or hoodles.
A miss occurs when a player fails to knock a marble from the ring on a shot.
Roundsters (or circling) is the act of selecting the best location outside the ring for knuckling down.
A shooter is the attacking marble. It can also be called a taw, glassy, or monny.
A shot is the act of snapping the shooter at a marble by a quick extension of the thumb.
