| game | | |
| n. (act) | 1. game | a contest with rules to determine a winner.; "you need four people to play this game" |
| ~ move | (game) a player's turn to take some action permitted by the rules of the game. |
| ~ activity | any specific behavior.; "they avoided all recreational activity" |
| ~ game | a single play of a sport or other contest.; "the game lasted two hours" |
| ~ turn, play | (game) the activity of doing something in an agreed succession.; "it is my turn"; "it is still my play" |
| ~ curling | a game played on ice in which heavy stones with handles are slid toward a target. |
| ~ bowling | a game in which balls are rolled at an object or group of objects with the aim of knocking them over or moving them. |
| ~ pall-mall | a 17th century game; a wooden ball was driven along an alley with a mallet. |
| ~ athletic game | a game involving athletic activity. |
| ~ child's game | a game enjoyed by children. |
| ~ card game, cards | a game played with playing cards. |
| ~ table game | a game that is played on a table. |
| ~ parlor game, parlour game | a game suitable for playing in a parlor. |
| ~ gambling game, game of chance | a game that involves gambling. |
| ~ zero-sum game | a game in which the total of all the gains and losses is zero. |
| ~ game | the game equipment needed in order to play a particular game.; "the child received several games for his birthday" |
| ~ horn | a noisemaker (as at parties or games) that makes a loud noise when you blow through it. |
| ~ penalty | (games) a handicap or disadvantage that is imposed on a competitor (or a team) for an infraction of the rules of the game. |
| ~ rematch, replay | something (especially a game) that is played again. |
| ~ side | one of two or more contesting groups.; "the Confederate side was prepared to attack" |
| ~ game | (games) the score at a particular point or the score needed to win.; "the game is 6 all"; "he is serving for the game" |
| ~ period of play, playing period, play | (in games or plays or other performances) the time during which play proceeds.; "rain stopped play in the 4th inning" |
| ~ run off | decide (a contest or competition) by a runoff. |
| ~ play out | play to a finish.; "We have got to play this game out, even thought it is clear that we have last" |
| ~ course | hunt with hounds.; "He often courses hares" |
| ~ defending | attempting to or designed to prevent an opponent from winning or scoring. |
| ~ played | (of games) engaged in.; "the loosely played game" |
| n. (act) | 2. game | a single play of a sport or other contest.; "the game lasted two hours" |
| ~ game | a contest with rules to determine a winner.; "you need four people to play this game" |
| ~ away game, road game | a game played away from home. |
| ~ home game | a game played at home. |
| ~ exhibition game, practice game | a game whose outcome is not recorded in the season's standing. |
| ~ nightcap | the final game of a double header. |
| ~ double feature, doubleheader, twin bill | two games instead of one (especially in baseball when the same two teams play two games on the same day). |
| ~ playoff game | one game in the series of games constituting a playoff. |
| ~ cup tie | an eliminating game between teams in a cup competition. |
| ~ contest, competition | an occasion on which a winner is selected from among two or more contestants. |
| n. (act) | 3. game | 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" |
| ~ diversion, recreation | an activity that diverts or amuses or stimulates.; "scuba diving is provided as a diversion for tourists"; "for recreation he wrote poetry and solved crossword puzzles"; "drug abuse is often regarded as a form of recreation" |
| ~ catch | a cooperative game in which a ball is passed back and forth.; "he played catch with his son in the backyard" |
| ~ party game | a game to amuse guests at a party. |
| ~ computer game, video game | a game played against a computer. |
| ~ pinball, pinball game | a game played on a sloping board; the object is to propel marbles against pins or into pockets. |
| ~ guessing game | a game in which participants compete to identify some obscurely indicated thing. |
| ~ ducks and drakes | a game in which a flat stone is bounced along the surface of calm water. |
| ~ mind game | any game designed to exercise the intellect. |
| ~ hare and hounds, paper chase | an outdoor game; one group of players (the hares) start off on a long run scattering bits of paper (the scent) and pursuers (the hounds) try to catch them before they reach a designated spot. |
| ~ ring-a-rosy, ring-around-a-rosy, ring-around-the-rosy | a children's game in which the players dance around in a circle and at a given signal all squat. |
| ~ prisoner's base | a children's game; two teams capture opposing players by tagging them and taking them to their own base. |
| ~ treasure hunt | a game in which players try to find hidden articles by using a series of clues. |
| n. (animal) | 4. game | animal hunted for food or sport. |
| ~ animal, animate being, beast, creature, brute, fauna | a living organism characterized by voluntary movement. |
| ~ big game | large animals that are hunted for sport. |
| ~ game bird | any bird (as grouse or pheasant) that is hunted for sport. |
| n. (time) | 5. game | (tennis) a division of play during which one player serves. |
| ~ lawn tennis, tennis | a game played with rackets by two or four players who hit a ball back and forth over a net that divides the court. |
| ~ division, section, part | one of the portions into which something is regarded as divided and which together constitute a whole.; "the written part of the exam"; "the finance section of the company"; "the BBC's engineering division" |
| ~ set | a unit of play in tennis or squash.; "they played two sets of tennis after dinner" |
| n. (quantity) | 6. game | (games) the score at a particular point or the score needed to win.; "the game is 6 all"; "he is serving for the game" |
| ~ game | a contest with rules to determine a winner.; "you need four people to play this game" |
| ~ score | a number that expresses the accomplishment of a team or an individual in a game or contest.; "the score was 7 to 0" |
| n. (food) | 7. game | the flesh of wild animals that is used for food. |
| ~ meat | the flesh of animals (including fishes and birds and snails) used as food. |
| ~ venison | meat from a deer used as food. |
| ~ buffalo | meat from an American bison. |
| ~ hare, rabbit | flesh of any of various rabbits or hares (wild or domesticated) eaten as food. |
| n. (cognition) | 8. game, plot, secret plan | 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" |
| ~ scheme, strategy | an elaborate and systematic plan of action. |
| ~ counterplan, counterplot | a plot intended to subvert another plot. |
| ~ intrigue, machination | a crafty and involved plot to achieve your (usually sinister) ends. |
| ~ cabal, conspiracy | a plot to carry out some harmful or illegal act (especially a political plot). |
| n. (artifact) | 9. game | the game equipment needed in order to play a particular game.; "the child received several games for his birthday" |
| ~ game | a contest with rules to determine a winner.; "you need four people to play this game" |
| ~ game equipment | equipment or apparatus used in playing a game. |
| ~ puzzle | a game that tests your ingenuity. |
| n. (act) | 10. biz, game | your occupation or line of work.; "he's in the plumbing game"; "she's in show biz" |
| ~ job, line of work, occupation, business, line | the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money.; "he's not in my line of business" |
| ~ colloquialism | a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech. |
| n. (act) | 11. game | frivolous or trifling behavior.; "for actors, memorizing lines is no game"; "for him, life is all fun and games" |
| ~ frolic, gambol, romp, caper, play | gay or light-hearted recreational activity for diversion or amusement.; "it was all done in play"; "their frolic in the surf threatened to become ugly" |
| v. (competition) | 12. back, bet on, gage, game, punt, stake | place a bet on.; "Which horse are you backing?"; "I'm betting on the new horse" |
| ~ ante | place one's stake. |
| ~ parlay, double up | stake winnings from one bet on a subsequent wager. |
| ~ wager, bet, play | stake on the outcome of an issue.; "I bet $100 on that new horse"; "She played all her money on the dark horse" |
| adj. | 13. crippled, game, gimpy, halt, halting, lame | disabled in the feet or legs.; "a crippled soldier"; "a game leg" |
| ~ unfit | not in good physical or mental condition; out of condition.; "fat and very unfit"; "certified as unfit for army service"; "drunk and unfit for service" |
| adj. | 14. game, gamey, gamy, gritty, mettlesome, spirited, spunky | willing to face danger. |
| ~ brave, courageous | possessing or displaying courage; able to face and deal with danger or fear without flinching.; "Familiarity with danger makes a brave man braver but less daring"; "a frank courageous heart...triumphed over pain"; "set a courageous example by leading them safely into and out of enemy-held territory" |
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