game

A1
Pronunciation
/ɡeɪm/
Noun
9 definition(s)
1 Definition

A playful or competitive activity.

2 Definition

A video game.

3 Definition

(nearly always singular) A field of gainful activity, as an industry or profession.

Example Sentences
  • He's in the securities game somehow.
4 Definition

Something that resembles a game with rules, despite not being designed.

Example Sentences
  • In the game of life, you may find yourself playing the waiting game far too often.
5 Definition

An exercise simulating warfare, whether computerized or involving human participants.

6 Definition

Wild animals hunted for food.

Example Sentences
  • The forest has plenty of game.
7 Definition

(used mostly of males) The ability to seduce someone, usually by strategy.

Example Sentences
  • He didn't get anywhere with her because he had no game.
8 Definition

Mastery; the ability to excel at something.

9 Definition

A questionable or unethical practice in pursuit of a goal; a scheme.

Example Sentences
  • You want to borrow my credit card for a week? What's your game?
Verb
4 definition(s)
1 Definition

To gamble.

2 Definition

To play card games, board games, or video games.

3 Definition

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.

Example Sentences
  • We'll bury them in paperwork, and game the system.
4 Definition

(of males) To perform premeditated seduction strategy.

Adjective
4 definition(s)
1 Definition

Willing to participate.

2 Definition

(of an animal) That shows a tendency to continue to fight against another animal, despite being wounded, often severely.

3 Definition

Persistent, especially in senses similar to the above.

4 Definition

Injured, lame (of a limb).