Dictionary Entry
game
game is a 4-letter English word with 27 senses as noun, intransitive verb, adjective, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Crooked; lame; as, a game leg. Face value is 7 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
4 letters · Scrabble 7 · Words With Friends 9 · 27 senses
Definitions
- 1noun
Crooked; lame; as, a game leg.
- 2intransitive verb
Sport of any kind; jest, frolic.
- 3intransitive verb
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.
- 4intransitive verb
The use or practice of such a game; a single match at play; a single contest; as, a game at cards.
- 5intransitive verb
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.
- 6intransitive verb
In some games, a point credited on the score to the player whose cards counts up the highest.
- 7intransitive verb
A scheme or art employed in the pursuit of an object or purpose; method of procedure; projected line of operations; plan; project.
- 8intransitive verb
Animals pursued and taken by sportsmen; wild meats designed for, or served at, table.
- 9adjective
Having a resolute, unyielding spirit, like the gamecock; ready to fight to the last; plucky.
- 10adjective
Of or pertaining to such animals as are hunted for game, or to the act or practice of hunting.
- 11noun
To rejoice; to be pleased; -- often used, in Old English, impersonally with dative.
- 12noun
To play at any sport or diversion.
- 13noun
To play for a stake or prize; to use cards, dice, billiards, or other instruments, according to certain rules, with a view to win money or other thing waged upon the issue of the contest; to gamble.
- 14noun
an amusement or pastime
"they played word games"
"he thought of his painting as a game that filled his empty time"
- 15noun
a contest with rules to determine a winner
"you need four people to play this game"
- 16noun
a single play of a sport or other contest
"the game lasted two hours"
- 17noun
frivolous or trifling behavior
"for actors, memorizing lines is no game"
"for him, life is all fun and games"
- 18noun
your occupation or line of work
"he's in the plumbing game"
"she's in show biz"
Synonyms
- 19noun
animal hunted for food or sport
- 20noun
the game equipment needed in order to play a particular game
"the child received several games for his birthday"
- 21noun
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"
Synonyms
- 22noun
the flesh of wild animals that is used for food
- 23noun
(games) the score at a particular point or the score needed to win
"the game is 6 all"
"he is serving for the game"
- 24noun
(tennis) a division of play during which one player serves
- 25verb
place a bet on
"Which horse are you backing?"
"I'm betting on the new horse"
- 26adjective
willing to face danger
- 27adjective
disabled in the feet or legs
"a crippled soldier"
"a game leg"
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