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Meaning of games

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

games

Pronunciation:/ɡeɪmz/

noun

Definitions

  1. A playful or competitive activity.

  2. A video game.

  3. (nearly always singular) A field of gainful activity, as an industry or profession.

    Example: He's in the securities game somehow.

  4. Something that resembles a game with rules, despite not being designed.

    Example: In the game of life, you may find yourself playing the waiting game far too often.

verb

Definitions

  1. To gamble.

  2. To play card games, board games, or video games.

  3. 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.

    Example: We'll bury them in paperwork, and game the system.

  4. (of males) To perform premeditated seduction strategy.