game

• (s) disabled in the feet or legs
  • a crippled soldier
  • a game leg
  crippled, gimpy, halt, halting, lame,
• (s) willing to face danger gritty, mettlesome, spunky, gamey, gamy, spirited,

Nouns

• (n) a contest with rules to determine a winner
  • you need four people to play this game
• (n) a single play of a sport or other contest
  • the game lasted two hours
• (n) an amusement or pastime
  • they played word games
  • he thought of his painting as a game that filled his empty time
  • his life was all fun and games
• (n) animal hunted for food or sport
• (n) (tennis) a division of play during which one player serves
• (n) (games) the score at a particular point or the score needed to win
  • the game is 6 all
  • he is serving for the game
• (n) the flesh of wild animals that is used for food
• (n) 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
  plot, secret plan,
• (n) the game equipment needed in order to play a particular game
  • the child received several games for his birthday
• (n) your occupation or line of work
  • he's in the plumbing game
  • she's in show biz
  biz,
• (n) frivolous or trifling behavior
  • for actors, memorizing lines is no game
  • for him, life is all fun and games

Verbs

• (v) place a bet on
  • Which horse are you backing?
  • I'm betting on the new horse
  bet on, gage, stake, punt, back,

Synonyms

Words of close approximity