adjective. Crippled; lame.

noun. An activity providing entertainment or amusement; a pastime.

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noun. A competitive activity or sport in which players contend with each other according to a set of rules.

noun. A single instance of such an activity.

noun. An organized athletic program or contest.

noun. A period of competition or challenge.

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noun. The total number of points required to win a game.

noun. The score accumulated at any given time in a game.

noun. The equipment needed for playing certain games.

noun. A particular style or manner of playing a game.

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noun. An active interest or pursuit, especially one involving competitive engagement or adherence to rules.

noun. A business or occupation; a line.

noun. An illegal activity; a racket.

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noun. Evasive, trifling, or manipulative behavior.

noun. A calculated strategy or approach; a scheme.

noun. 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.

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noun. Wild mammals, birds, or fish hunted for food or sport.

noun. The flesh of these animals, eaten as food.

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noun. An object of attack, ridicule, or pursuit.

noun. Mockery; sport.

intransitive verb. To manipulate dishonestly for personal gain; rig.

intransitive verb. To play for stakes; gamble.

adjective. Plucky and unyielding in spirit; resolute.

adjective. Ready and willing.

idiom. (ahead of the game) In a position of advantage; winning or succeeding.

idiom. (be on (one's) game) To play a sport with great skill.

idiom. (the only game in town) The only one of its kind available.

Crooked; lame: as, a game leg.

To play at any sport or diversion.

To gamble; play for a stake, prize, or wager with cards, dice, balls, etc., according to certain rules. See gaming.

To be glad; rejoice; receive pleasure: sometimes used impersonally with the dative.

To stake or lose at play; gamble (away).

noun. Specifically— A part of a rubber. The victors in two games out of three win the rubber.

noun. One of the points to be scored in all-fours, as high, low, jack, and the game.

noun. The number of players necessary, or required by the rules, for playing a game; a ‘set.’

noun. In old archery, a meeting or public competition of archers.

noun. Mirth; amusement; play; sport of any kind; joke; jest, as opposed to earnest: as, to make game of a person, or of his pretensions or actions (now the chief use of the word in this sense). See to make game of, below.

noun. A play or sport for amusement or diversion.

noun. A contest for success or superiority in a trial of chance, skill, or endurance, or of any two or all three of these combined: as, a game at cards, dice, or roulette; the games of billiards, draughts, and dominoes; athletic games; the Floral games.

noun. The art or mode of playing at a game: as, he plays a remarkable game.

noun. The successful result of a game, or that which is staked on the result: as, the game is ours.

noun. The requisite number of points or advantages to be gained in order to win a game: as, in cribbage 61 is game or the game.

noun. A scheme; plan; project; artifice.

noun. Amorous sport; gallantry; intrigue.