| game | |
| 1. n. A playful or competitive activity. | |
| 2. n. A playful activity that may be unstructured; an amusement or pastime. | |
| Being a child is all fun and games. | |
| 3. n. An activity described by a set of rules, especially for the purpose of entertainment, often competitive or having an explicit goal. | |
| Games in the classroom can make learning fun. | |
| 4. n. A particular instance of playing a game; match. | |
| Sally won the game. | |
| They can turn the game around in the second half. | |
| 5. n. That which is gained, such as the stake in a game. | |
| 6. n. The number of points necessary to win a game. | |
| In short whist, five points are game. | |
| 7. n. (card games) In some games, a point awarded to the player whose cards add up to the largest sum. | |
| 8. n. The equipment that enables such activity, particularly as packaged under a title. | |
| Some of the games in the closet we have on the computer as well. | |
| 9. n. One's manner, style, or performance in playing a game. | |
| Study can help your game of chess. | |
| Hit the gym if you want to toughen up your game. | |
| 10. n. (obsolete) An amorous dalliance. | |
| 11. n. A video game. | |
| 12. n. (informal, nearly always singular) A field of gainful activity, as an industry or profession. | |
| When it comes to making sales, John is the best in the game. | |
| He's in the securities game somehow. | |
| 13. n. (figuratively) Something that resembles a game with rules, despite not being designed. | |
| In the game of life, you may find yourself playing the waiting game far too often. | |
| 14. n. (military) An exercise simulating warfare, whether computerized or involving human participants. | |
| 15. n. Wild animals hunted for food. | |
| The forest has plenty of game. | |
| 16. n. (informal, used mostly of males) The ability to seduce someone, usually by strategy. | |
| He didn't get anywhere with her because he had no game. | |
| 17. n. (slang) Mastery; the ability to excel at something. | |
| 18. n. A questionable or unethical practice in pursuit of a goal; a scheme. | |
| You want to borrow my credit card for a week? What's your game? | |
| 19. adj. (colloquial) Willing to participate. | |
| 20. adj. (of an animal) That shows a tendency to continue to fight against another animal, despite being wounded, often severely. | |
| 21. adj. Persistent, especially in senses similar to the above. | |
| 22. adj. Injured, lame (of a limb). | |
| 23. v. (intransitive) To gamble. | |
| 24. v. (intransitive) To play video games. | |
| 25. v. 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. | |
| We'll bury them in paperwork, and game the system. | |
| 26. v. (transitive, slang) To perform premeditated seduction strategy. | |
