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game 1       (gām)  Pronunciation Key  n.   An activity providing entertainment or amusement; a pastime: party games; word games. A competitive activity or sport in which players contend with each other according to a set of rules: the game of basketball; the game of gin rummy. A single instance of such an activity: We lost the first game. games An organized athletic program or contest: track-and-field games; took part in the winter games. A period of competition or challenge: It was too late in the game to change the schedule of the project. The total number of points required to win a game: One hundred points is game in bridge. The score accumulated at any given time in a game: The game is now 14 to 12. An active interest or pursuit, especially one involving competitive engagement or adherence to rules: "the way the system operates, the access game, the turf game, the image game" (Hedrick Smith). A business or occupation; a line: the insurance game. An illegal activity; a racket. Evasive, trifling, or manipulative behavior: wanted a straight answer, not more of their tiresome games. A calculated strategy or approach; a scheme: I saw through their game from the very beginning. Wild animals, birds, or fish hunted for food or sport. The flesh of these animals, eaten as food. An object of attack, ridicule, or pursuit: The press considered the candidate's indiscretions to be game. Mockery; sport: The older children teased and made game of the newcomer. The total number of points required to win a game: One hundred points is game in bridge. The score accumulated at any given time in a game: The game is now 14 to 12. An active interest or pursuit, especially one involving competitive engagement or adherence to rules: "the way the system operates, the access game, the turf game, the image game" (Hedrick Smith). A business or occupation; a line: the insurance game. An illegal activity; a racket. Evasive, trifling, or manipulative behavior: wanted a straight answer, not more of their tiresome games. A calculated strategy or approach; a scheme: I saw through their game from the very beginning. Wild animals, birds, or fish hunted for food or sport. The flesh of these animals, eaten as food. An object of attack, ridicule, or pursuit: The press considered the candidate's indiscretions to be game. Mockery; sport: The older children teased and made game of the newcomer. The equipment needed for playing certain games: packed the children's games in the car. A particular style or manner of playing a game: improved my tennis game with practice. Informal An active interest or pursuit, especially one involving competitive engagement or adherence to rules: "the way the system operates, the access game, the turf game, the image game" (Hedrick Smith). A business or occupation; a line: the insurance game. An illegal activity; a racket. Evasive, trifling, or manipulative behavior: wanted a straight answer, not more of their tiresome games. A calculated strategy or approach; a scheme: I saw through their game from the very beginning. Wild animals, birds, or fish hunted for food or sport. The flesh of these animals, eaten as food. An object of attack, ridicule, or pursuit: The press considered the candidate's indiscretions to be game. Mockery; sport: The older children teased and made game of the newcomer. Informal Evasive, trifling, or manipulative behavior: wanted a straight answer, not more of their tiresome games. A calculated strategy or approach; a scheme: I saw through their game from the very beginning. Wild animals, birds, or fish hunted for food or sport. The flesh of these animals, eaten as food. An object of attack, ridicule, or pursuit: The press considered the candidate's indiscretions to be game. Mockery; sport: The older children teased and made game of the newcomer. Mathematics A model of a competitive situation that identifies interested parties and stipulates rules governing all aspects of the competition, used in game theory to determine the optimal course of action for an interested party. Wild animals, birds, or fish hunted for food or sport. The flesh of these animals, eaten as food. An object of attack, ridicule, or pursuit: The press considered the candidate's indiscretions to be game. Mockery; sport: The older children teased and made game of the newcomer. An object of attack, ridicule, or pursuit: The press considered the candidate's indiscretions to be game. Mockery; sport: The older children teased and made game of the newcomer. v.   gamed, gam·ing, games v.   tr. Archaic To waste or lose by gambling. v.   intr. To play for stakes; gamble. adj.   gam·er, gam·est Plucky and unyielding in spirit; resolute: She put up a game fight against her detractors. Ready and willing: Are you game for a swim? [Middle English, from Old English gamen.] game'ly adv., game'ness n.

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game 2       (gām)  Pronunciation Key  adj.   gam·er, gam·est Crippled; lame: a game leg. [Origin unknown.]

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game  (n.)

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game
adjective
1.	disabled in the feet or legs; "a crippled soldier"; "a game leg" [syn: crippled]
2.	willing to face danger
noun
1.	a contest with rules to determine a winner; "you need four people to play this game"
2.	a single play of a sport or other contest; "the game lasted two hours"
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.	animal hunted for food or sport
5.	(tennis) a division of play during which one player serves
6.	(games) the score at a particular point or the score needed to win; "the game is 6 all"; "he is serving for the game"
7.	the flesh of wild animals that is used for food
8.	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" [syn: plot]
9.	the game equipment needed in order to play a particular game; "the child received several games for his birthday"
10.	your occupation or line of work; "he's in the plumbing game"; "she's in show biz"
11.	frivolous or trifling behavior; "for actors, memorizing lines is no game"; "for him, life is all fun and games"
verb
1.	place a bet on; "Which horse are you backing?"; "I'm betting on the new horse" [syn: bet on]

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In addition to the idioms beginning with game, also see ahead of the game; at this stage (of the game); badger game; beat someone at his or her own game; call someone's bluff (game); confidence game; end game; fair game; fun and games give away (the game); losing battle (game); name of the game; only game in town; play a waiting game; play games; play the game; waiting game; whole new ball game.

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Main Entry: game
Function: intransitive verb
Inflected Forms: gamed; gam·ing
: to play for a stake : GAMBLE

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Game Creek, AK (CDP, FIPS 27700) Location: 58.05669 N, 135.50789 W
Population (1990): 61 (14 housing units)
Area: 12.0 sq km (land), 7.9 sq km (water)

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Game

Gam"ble\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Gambled; p. pr. & vb. n. Gambling.] [Dim. of game. See 2d Game.] To play or game for money or other stake.

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Game\, a. [Cf. W. cam crooked, and E. gambol, n.] Crooked; lame; as, a game leg. [Colloq.]

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Game\, n. [OE. game, gamen, AS. gamen, gomen, play, sport; akin to OS., OHG., & Icel. gaman, Dan. gammen mirth, merriment, OSw. gamman joy. Cf. Gammon a game, Backgammon, Gamble v. i.]

1. Sport of any kind; jest, frolic.

We have had pastimes here, and pleasant game. --Shak.

2. A contest, physical or mental, according to certain rules, for amusement, recreation, or for winning a stake; as, a game of chance; games of skill; field games, etc.

But war's a game, which, were their subject wise, Kings would not play at. --Cowper.

Note: Among the ancients, especially the Greeks and Romans, there were regularly recurring public exhibitions of strength, agility, and skill under the patronage of the government, usually accompanied with religious ceremonies. Such were the Olympic, the Pythian, the Nemean, and the Isthmian games.

3. The use or practice of such a game; a single match at play; a single contest; as, a game at cards.

Talk the game o'er between the deal. --Lloyd.

4. That which is gained, as the stake in a game; also, the number of points necessary to be scored in order to win a game; as, in short whist five points are game.

5. (Card Playing) In some games, a point credited on the score to the player whose cards counts up the highest.

6. A scheme or art employed in the pursuit of an object or purpose; method of procedure; projected line of operations; plan; project.

Your murderous game is nearly up. --Blackw. Mag.

It was obviously Lord Macaulay's game to blacken the greatest literary champion of the cause he had set himself to attack. --Saintsbury.

7. Animals pursued and taken by sportsmen; wild meats designed for, or served at, table.

Those species of animals . . . distinguished from the rest by the well-known appellation of game. --Blackstone.

Confidence game. See under Confidence.

To make game of, to make sport of; to mock. --Milton.

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Game\, a. 1. Having a resolute, unyielding spirit, like the gamecock; ready to fight to the last; plucky.

I was game . . . .I felt that I could have fought even to the death. --W. Irving.

2. Of or pertaining to such animals as are hunted for game, or to the act or practice of hunting.

Game bag, a sportsman's bag for carrying small game captured; also, the whole quantity of game taken.

Game bird, any bird commonly shot for food, esp. grouse, partridges, quails, pheasants, wild turkeys, and the shore or wading birds, such as plovers, snipe, woodcock, curlew, and sandpipers. The term is sometimes arbitrarily restricted to birds hunted by sportsmen, with dogs and guns.

Game egg, an egg producing a gamecock.

Game laws, laws regulating the seasons and manner of taking game for food or for sport.

Game preserver, a land owner who regulates the killing of game on his estate with a view to its increase. [Eng.]

To be game. (a) To show a brave, unyielding spirit. (b) To be victor in a game. [Colloq.]

To die game, to maintain a bold, unyielding spirit to the last; to die fighting.

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