game
IPA: gˈeɪm
noun
- A playful or competitive activity.
- A playful activity that may be unstructured; an amusement or pastime.
- (countable) An activity described by a set of rules, especially for the purpose of entertainment, often competitive or having an explicit goal.
- (UK, in the plural) A school subject during which sports are practised.
- (countable) A particular instance of playing a game.
- That which is gained, such as the stake in a game.
- The number of points necessary to win a game.
- (card games) In some games, a point awarded to the player whose cards add up to the largest sum.
- (countable) The equipment that enables such activity, particularly as packaged under a title.
- One's manner, style, or performance in playing a game.
- (now rare) Lovemaking, flirtation.
- (slang) Prostitution. (Now chiefly in on the game.)
- (countable, informal, nearly always singular) A field of gainful activity, as an industry or profession.
- (countable, figuratively) Something that resembles a game with rules, despite not being designed.
- (countable, military) An exercise simulating warfare, whether computerized or involving human participants.
- (uncountable) Wild animals hunted for food.
- (uncountable, informal, used mostly for men) The ability to seduce someone, usually by strategy.
- (uncountable, slang) Mastery; the ability to excel at something.
- (countable) A questionable or unethical practice in pursuit of a goal.
- (countable) Ellipsis of video game. [A type of game, existing as and controlled by software, usually run by a video game console or a computer, played on a monitor or television screen, and controlled by a joypad, joystick, keyboard, mouse, or paddle.]
verb
- (intransitive) To gamble.
- (intransitive) To play card games, board games, or video games.
- (transitive) 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.
- (transitive, seduction community, slang, of males) To perform premeditated seduction strategy.
adjective
- (colloquial) Willing and able 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.
- (of a limb) Injured, lame.
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Examples of "game" in Sentences
- The Devil cheats and wins the game.
- The loser of the game wins nothing.
- It was the inaugural playing of the game.
- The club retired a sweater at the first game.
- The person with the most tricks wins the game.
- The person with the least scratches wins the game.
- The man is coveting to win prize of the football game.
- The best achievement in the game is winning the double.
- It is like winning the race, the game, the prize, the lottery.
- The couple with the most points wins the game and wins a second honeymoon trip.
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