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1.nounA playful or competitive activity.
2.nounA video game.
3.noun(nearly always singular) A field of gainful activity, as an industry or profession."He's in the securities game somehow."
4.nounSomething that resembles a game with rules, despite not being designed."In the game of life, you may find yourself playing the waiting game far too often."
5.nounAn exercise simulating warfare, whether computerized or involving human participants.
6.nounWild animals hunted for food."The forest has plenty of game."
7.noun(used mostly of males) The ability to seduce someone, usually by strategy."He didn't get anywhere with her because he had no game."
8.nounMastery; the ability to excel at something.
9.nounA questionable or unethical practice in pursuit of a goal; a scheme."You want to borrow my credit card for a week? What's your game?"
10.verbTo gamble.
11.verbTo play card games, board games, or video games.
12.verbTo 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."We'll bury them in paperwork, and game the system."
13.verb(of males) To perform premeditated seduction strategy.
14.adjectiveWilling to participate.
15.adjective(of an animal) That shows a tendency to continue to fight against another animal, despite being wounded, often severely.
16.adjectivePersistent, especially in senses similar to the above.
17.adjectiveInjured, lame (of a limb).