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game

UK/ɡeɪm/ US/ɡeɪ̯m/ very common informal slang uk
noun (10) adjective (2) verb (1)

noun

1.

a single play of a game

  • “the game lasted 2 hours”
2.

a contest with rules to determine a winner

  • “you need four people to play this game”
3.

an amusement or pastime

  • “they played word games”
  • “he thought of his painting as a game that filled his empty time”
  • “his life was all fun and games”
4.
5.

the game equipment needed to play a game

  • “the child received several games for his birthday”
6.

your occupation or line of work

  • “he”
  • “;”
  • “s in show biz”
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7.

(games) the score at a particular point or the score needed to win

  • “the game is 6 all”
  • “he is serving for the game”
8.

the flesh of wild animals that is used for food

9.

a secret scheme to do something (especially something underhand or illegal)

  • “they concocted a plot to discredit the governor”
  • “I saw through his little game from the start”
Synonyms
10.

frivolous or trifling behavior

  • “for actors, memorizing lines is no game”
  • “for him, life is all fun and games”

adjective

1.

disabled in the feet or legs

  • “a crippled soldier”
  • “a game leg”
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2.

verb

1.

place a bet on

  • “Which horse are you backing?”
  • “I”
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Origin

From Middle English game, gamen, gammen, from Old English gamen (“sport, joy, mirth, pastime, game, amusement, pleasure”), from Proto-West Germanic *gaman, from Proto-Germanic *gamaną (“amusement, pleasure, game", literally "participation, communion, people together”), from *ga- (collective prefix) + *mann- (“man”); or alternatively from *ga- + a root from Proto-Indo-European *men- (“to think, have in mind”).

Phrases

  • 163rd game
  • A game
  • action game
  • adventure game
  • ahead of the game
  • ain't no shame in my game
  • all fun and games
  • alternate reality game
  • game as Ned Kelly as
  • game is game
  • game the system

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