Definition of game

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Game (n.) 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..

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Camp :: Camp (n.) An ancient game of football, played in some parts of England..
Nemean :: Nemean (a.) Of or pertaining to Nemea, in Argolis, where the ancient Greeks celebrated games, and Hercules killed a lion..
Gout :: Gout (n.) A constitutional disease, occurring by paroxysms. It consists in an inflammation of the fibrous and ligamentous parts of the joints, and almost always attacks first the great toe, next the smaller joints, after which it may attack the greater articulations. It is attended with various sympathetic phenomena, particularly in the digestive organs. It may also attack internal organs, as the stomach, the intestines, etc..
Gamy :: Gamy (a.) Having the flavor of game, esp. of game kept uncooked till near the condition of tainting; high-flavored..
Tig :: Tig (n.) A game among children. See Tag.
Athleticism :: Athleticism (n.) The practice of engaging in athletic games; athletism.
Chess :: Chess (n.) A game played on a chessboard, by two persons, with two differently colored sets of men, sixteen in each set. Each player has a king, a queen, two bishops, two knights, two castles or rooks, and eight pawns..
Cockfight :: Cockfight (n.) A match or contest of gamecocks.
Bluff :: Bluff (v. i.) To act as in the game of bluff.
Cold :: Cold (n.) Distant; -- said, in the game of hunting for some object, of a seeker remote from the thing concealed..
Baseball :: Baseball (n.) The ball used in this game.
Shooting :: Shooting (n.) A wounding or killing with a firearm; specifically (Sporting), the killing of game; as, a week of shooting..
Caber :: Caber (n.) A pole or beam used in Scottish games for tossing as a trial of strength.
Tag :: Tag (v. t.) To follow closely after; esp., to follow and touch in the game of tag. See Tag, a play..
Game :: Game (v. i.) The use or practice of such a game; a single match at play; a single contest; as, a game at cards..
Gymnastical :: Gymnastical (a.) Pertaining to athletic exercises intended for health, defense, or diversion; -- said of games or exercises, as running, leaping, wrestling, throwing the discus, the javelin, etc.; also, pertaining to disciplinary exercises for the intellect; athletic; as, gymnastic exercises, contests, etc..
Speculation :: Speculation (n.) A game at cards in which the players buy from one another trumps or whole hands, upon a chance of getting the highest trump dealt, which entitles the holder to the pool of stakes..
Trout :: Trout (n.) Any one of numerous species of fishes belonging to Salmo, Salvelinus, and allied genera of the family Salmonidae. They are highly esteemed as game fishes and for the quality of their flesh. All the species breed in fresh water, but after spawning many of them descend to the sea if they have an opportunity..
Bye :: Bye (n.) In certain games, a station or place of an individual player..
Deuce :: Deuce (n.) A condition of the score beginning whenever each side has won three strokes in the same game (also reckoned 40 all), and reverted to as often as a tie is made until one of the sides secures two successive strokes following a tie or deuce, which decides the game..
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