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▸ noun: A playful activity that may be unstructured; an amusement or pastime.
▸ noun: (countable) An activity described by a set of rules, especially for the purpose of entertainment, often competitive or having an explicit goal.
▸ noun: (UK, in the plural) A school subject during which sports are practised.
▸ noun: (countable) A particular instance of playing a game.
▸ noun: That which is gained, such as the stake in a game.
▸ noun: The number of points necessary to win a game.
▸ noun: (card games) In some games, a point awarded to the player whose cards add up to the largest sum.
▸ noun: (countable) The equipment that enables such activity, particularly as packaged under a title.
▸ noun: One's manner, style, or performance in playing a game.
▸ noun: (now rare) Lovemaking, flirtation.
▸ noun: (slang) Prostitution. (Now chiefly in on the game.)
▸ noun: (countable, informal, nearly always singular) A field of gainful activity, as an industry or profession.
▸ noun: (countable, figuratively) Something that resembles a game with rules, despite not being designed.
▸ noun: (countable, military) An exercise simulating warfare, whether computerized or involving human participants.
▸ noun: (countable) A questionable or unethical practice in pursuit of a goal.
▸ noun: (uncountable) Wild animals hunted for food.
▸ noun: (uncountable, informal, used mostly for men) The ability to seduce someone, usually by strategy.
▸ noun: (uncountable, slang) Mastery; the ability to excel at something.
▸ noun: (uncountable, archaic) Diversion, entertainment.
▸ adjective: (colloquial) Willing and able to participate.
▸ adjective: (of an animal) That shows a tendency to continue to fight against another animal, despite being wounded, often severely.
▸ adjective: Persistent, especially in senses similar to the above.
▸ verb: (intransitive) To gamble.
▸ verb: (intransitive) To play card games, board games, or video games.
▸ verb: (transitive) To exploit loopholes in a system or bureaucracy in a way which defeats or nullifies the spirit of the rules in effect, usually to obtain a result which otherwise would be unobtainable.
▸ verb: (transitive, seduction community, slang, of males) To perform premeditated seduction strategy.
▸ adjective: (of a limb) Injured, lame.
▸ noun: (countable) Ellipsis of video game. [A type of game, existing as and controlled by software, usually run by a video game console or a computer, played on a monitor or television screen, and controlled by a joypad, joystick, keyboard, mouse, or paddle.]
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board game,
card game,
video game,
sports game,
puzzle game,
role-playing game,
action game,
strategy game,
adventure game,
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