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Definition of Chinese whispers noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Chinese whispers

noun

/ˌtʃaɪniːz ˈwɪspəz/

/ˌtʃaɪniːz ˈwɪspərz/

[uncountable] (British English)

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the situation when information is passed from one person to another and gets slightly changed each time

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