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[[t]geɪm[/t]]

n. adj. gam•er, gam•est,

1) gam an amusement or pastime: children's games, such as hopscotch and marbles;

a card game[/ex]

2) gam the material or equipment used in playing certain games

3) gam a competitive activity involving skill, chance, or endurance and played according to a set of rules for the amusement of the players or spectators

4) gam a single occasion of such an activity or a division of one

5) gam the number of points required to win a game

6) gam the score at a particular stage in a game

7) gam a particular manner or style of playing a game

8) something requiring skill, endurance, or adherence to rules:

the game of diplomacy[/ex]

9) inf a business or profession:

the real-estate game[/ex]

10) a trick or strategy

11) fun; sport; joke:

That's about enough of your games[/ex]

12) wild animals, such as are hunted for food or taken for sport or profit

13) the flesh of such wild animals or other game, used as food

14) any object of pursuit, attack, abuse, etc.:

to be fair game for practical jokers[/ex]

15) pertaining to or composed of animals hunted or taken as game or to their flesh

16) having a fighting spirit; plucky

17) inf having the required spirit or will (often fol. by for or an infinitive):

Who's game for a hike through the woods?[/ex]

18) to play games of chance for stakes; gamble

19) to squander in gaming (usu. fol. by away)

20) new cvb to manipulate to one's advantage, esp. by trickery; attempt to take advantage of:

gaming the system[/ex]

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Etymology: bef. 1000; ME; OE gaman; c. OHG gaman glee II

game

[[t]geɪm[/t]] adj.

lame:

a game leg[/ex]

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Etymology: 1780–90; perh. shortening of gammy, though change in vowel unclear