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Game

noun

1.

A contest with rules to determine a winner.

2.

A single play of a sport or other contest.

3.

An amusement or pastime. "He thought of his painting as a game that filled his empty time" , "His life was all fun and games"

4.

Animal hunted for food or sport.

5.

(tennis) a division of play during which one player serves.

6.

(games) the score at a particular point or the score needed to win. "He is serving for the game"

7.

The flesh of wild animals that is used for food.

8.

A secret scheme to do something (especially something underhand or illegal). Synonyms: plot, secret plan. "I saw through his little game from the start"

9.

The game equipment needed in order to play a particular game.

10.

Your occupation or line of work. Synonym: biz. "She's in show biz"

11.

Frivolous or trifling behavior. "For him, life is all fun and games"

verb

(past & past part. gamed; pres. part. gaming)

1.

Place a bet on. Synonyms: back, bet on, gage, punt, stake. "I'm betting on the new horse"

adjective

1.

Disabled in the feet or legs. Synonyms: crippled, gimpy, halt, halting, lame. "A game leg"

2.

Willing to face danger. Synonyms: gamey, gamy, gritty, mettlesome, spirited, spunky.

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"Game" Quotes from Famous Books

... the first case was called. It gained but passing attention. There was bigger game to be stalked. A hog-stealing case fared a little better on account of the intimateness of the crime involved. But nothing was received with such awed silence as the case of the State against Joseph Scatters. The charge was obtaining money under false pretences, and the plea ...

— The heart of happy hollow - A collection of stories • Paul Laurence Dunbar

... playing a game at a table near the door. A man in the dumb-solemn stage of drunkenness stood regarding his empty glass with owlish fixity. It was all consistent with a certain manner and degree of life; it was commonplace, established in the order of things. ...

— Those Who Smiled - And Eleven Other Stories • Perceval Gibbon

... days the old man enjoyed himself at the sparrow's home. He looked at the landscapes and the moonlight, feasted to his heart's content, and played go (the game of 360 checkers) with Ko-suzumi the little daughter. In the evening Mrs. Sparrow would bring out the refreshments and the wine, and seat the old man on a silken cushion, while she played the guitar. Mr. Sparrow and his two daughters danced, sung and made merry. The delighted old man ...

— Japanese Fairy World - Stories from the Wonder-Lore of Japan • William Elliot Griffis

... disdained swain,—all these old manoeuvres are not to compare on either part with a false passion professed for an indifferent person and an air of indifference towards the true idol. If two lovers will only play that game, the world will always be deceived; but then they must be very secure of ...

— Another Study of Woman • Honore de Balzac

... sure of him now as if you had the money in your pocket. And there you are playing the swaggerer to throw dust in our eyes! No, my dear sir, you may take other people in! I can see through all your airs and graces, I see your game!" ...

— The Idiot • (AKA Feodor Dostoevsky) Fyodor Dostoyevsky

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