| video game | |
| —n | |
| any of various games that can be played by using an electronic control to move points of light or graphical symbols on the screen of a visual display unit | |
| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
| the offspring of a zebra and a donkey. |
video game
any interactive game operated by computer circuitry. The machines, or "platforms," on which electronic games are played include general-purpose shared and personal computers, arcade consoles, video consoles connected to home television sets, and handheld game machines. The term video game can be used to represent the totality of these formats, or it can refer more specifically only to games played on devices with video displays: television and arcade consoles
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