game
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/Ι‘eΙͺm/
English
Definitions
noun
- A playful or competitive activity.
- A video game.
- (nearly always singular) A field of gainful activity, as an industry or profession.βHe's in the securities game somehow.β
- Something that resembles a game with rules, despite not being designed.βIn the game of life, you may find yourself playing the waiting game far too often.β
verb
- To gamble.
- To play card games, board games, or video games.
- To exploit loopholes in a system or bureaucracy in a way which defeats or nullifies the spirit of the rules in effect, usually to obtain a result which otherwise would be unobtainable.βWe'll bury them in paperwork, and game the system.β
- (of males) To perform premeditated seduction strategy.
adjective
- Willing to participate.
- (of an animal) That shows a tendency to continue to fight against another animal, despite being wounded, often severely.
- Persistent, especially in senses similar to the above.
- Injured, lame (of a limb).
Related words
Synonyms
racketlinematchwargameamusementdiversionentertainmentfestivityfrolicfungaietygambollarkmerrimentmerrymakingpastimeplayprank