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Definitions of game:

noun: a contest with rules to determine a winner
Example: "You need four people to play this game"
noun: a single play of a game
Example: "The game lasted 2 hours"
noun: an amusement or pastime
Example: "They played word games"
noun: frivolous or trifling behavior
Example: "For actors, memorizing lines is no game"
noun: your occupation or line of work
Example: "He's in the plumbing game"
noun: animal hunted for food or sport
noun: the game equipment needed to play a game
Example: "The child received several games for his birthday"
noun: the flesh of wild animals that is used for food
noun: (games) the score at a particular point or the score needed to win
Example: "The game is 6 all"
noun: a secret scheme to do something (especially something underhand or illegal)
Example: "I saw through his little game from the start"
verb: place a bet on
adjective: willing to face danger
adjective: disabled in the feet or legs
Example: "A game leg"

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Words and phrases that have a meaning related to game: (764 results)
Synonyms:
back, bet on, biz, brave, courageous, fearless, gage, gamey, gamy, gritty, mettlesome, punt, spirited, spunky, stake

Contains:
play, turn

More general:
activity, bet, business, competition, contest, diversion, game equipment, line, line of work, meat, occupation, prey, quarry, recreation, score, wager

More specific:
ante, away game, big game, bowling, buffalo, card game, cards, catch, child's game, computer game, cup tie, curling, double feature, doubleheader, double up, ducks and drakes, guessing game, hare and hounds, hare, home game, nightcap, pall-mall, paper chase, parlay, parlor game, party game, pinball, pinball game, playoff game, prisoner's base, rabbit, rign-a-rosy, ring-around-a-rosy, ring-around-the-rosy, road game, shutout, table game, treasure hunt, twin bill, venison, video game

Often used in the same context:
alike, amy, available, ball, baseball, belly, blast, block, board, bowl, breed, burn, cake, camp, chain, challenge, champion, chick, chicks, chips, court, crush, cup, curse, defeat, defense, dome, enemy, entertainment, exciting, fail, famous, fan, field, final, floor, football, foul, fred, games, gaming, gifts, glee, golf, guns, guys, hockey, i love you, innocent, intent, jason, joke, keeper, king, lane, level, list, lots, loud, match, mc, microphone, middle, nation, nerve, news, obsessed, piece, pit, played, player, players, playing, points, popular, position, puzzle, rap, revenge, rough, routine, rule, rules, seat, serious, serve, skill, skills, soccer, spit, sport, sports, started, team, teams, tease, tool, top, toy, train, victory, win, winning, won, ya, yeah, zone

Appears in the definition of:
., 1-hitter, 2-hitter, 3-hitter, 4-hitter, 5-hitter, acanthocybium solandri, acinonyx jubatus, acipenser transmontanus, ahead of the game, all fours, ambloplites rupestris, american football, american football game, american woodcock, amusement arcade, anagrams, association football, athletic field, athletic game, attack, auction, auction bridge, auction pitch, away, baccarat, backgammon, badger dog, badminton, badminton equipment, bag, bagatelle, balkline, ball game, bank, banker, banking game, bar billiards, baseball game, baseball score, basketball, basketball game, basketball score, battledore, battledore and shuttlecock, battue, baulk-line, beano, beater, beggar-my-neighbor, beggar-my-neighbour, bench, bermuda chub, bezique, billfish, billiard marker, billiard table, bingo, black-and-tan coonhound, black bass, black bream, blackjack, blindman's bluff, blindman's buff, bluefish, board game, bobwhite, bobwhite quail, bocce ball, bocci ball, boccie ball, bonasa umbellus, boodle, bopeep, break, break of serve, bridge hand, bridge partner, bridge player, brunswick stew, bullpen, bully off, bustard, call, caller, call in, candlepin bowling, candlepins, canned hunt, cape buffalo, casino, cassino, cat and mouse, cat and rat, cat's cradle, cavalla, center, cero, chachalaca, charade, checkers, checkmate, cheetah, chemin de fer, chess, chess game, chessman, chess piece, chess player, chetah, chicago, chicken purloo, chinese checkers, chinese chequers, choose up, choriotis australis, chrysophrys australis, chub, chukka, chukker, clean, close, closer, cobia, colinus virginianus, compulsion, connect, contract, contract bridge, counter, coursing, court game, cover, crap game, craps, crapshoot, crapshooter, crap-shooter, crap shooting, crib, cribbage, cribbage board, cricket, croquet, crossbar, culbertson, cup final, curassow, curl, curly-coated retriever, cynoscion regalis, dachshund, dachsie, dartboard, dart board, dart player, darts, day game, deal, dealer, decision, deck tennis, default, degree, deuce, development, disparate, doctor, dolphin, dolphinfish, domino, double, doubling, draughts, draw, drive, drop, drum, drumfish, duckpins, dugout, ecarte, elagatis bipinnulata, elops saurus, ely culbertson, encounter, endgame, end game, errorless, euchre, exhibition game, face off, fair game, family pomatomidae, fantan, faro, field game, fight, final period, finisher, fireman, first period, five-hitter, five hundred, fives, flat-coated retriever, floating, football official, football score, four-card monte, four-hitter, freshen, freshwater bass, frumpish, full, gallinacean, gallinaceous bird, gambit, gambling game, gamebag, gamekeeper, game law, game misconduct, game of chance, game plan, gamesmanship, game warden, genus penelope, gin, glass, go, goal, go fish, go game, going to jerusalem, golfer, golf game, golf player, grouse, guan, gullible, halftime, halma, hand, handball, harmlessly, hat trick, hide and go seek, hide-and-seek, high, high-low-jack, hit, hockey game, holdout, hoops, hopscotch, horseshoe, horseshoes, humbling, hunter, hunting dog, hunting ground, huntsman, hurling, ice hockey, idea, isurus oxyrhincus, jack, jackpot, jacks, jackstones, jackstraw, jackstraws, jai alai, james naismith, jump, jump rope, keno, kickoff, kingfish, king mackerel, kitty, knucklebones, kyphosus sectatrix, lacrosse, ladyfish, lawn bowling, lawn tennis, leapfrog, leuciscus cephalus, line judge, line score, linksman, loader, long whist, lotto, lucky dip, ludo, lurch, mahimahi, mahjong, mah-jongg, makaira mitsukurii, man, marbles, mate, meet, meld, michigan, mind game, monopoly, monte, morone americana, move, mumble-the-peg, mumblety-peg, musical chairs, muskellunge, naismith, nap, napoleon, narrow, narrow down, nash equilibrium, net, netball, newmarket, night game, nim, no-hit, no-hit game, no-hitter, northern bobwhite, noughts and crosses, official, old maid, old sledge, old world quail, one-hitter, otides, outcall, outdoor game, outplay, own goal, pachinko, pachisi, pacific sturgeon, paintball, paintball gun, pallone, parcheesi, parliament, parlour game, participant, partridge, patience, peekaboo, pelota, penalty, penelope, penuchle, pep rally, perch, perfect game, permit, phasianid, philohela minor, pike, pilaf, pilaff, pilau, pilaw, pillow fight, pinball machine, ping-pong, pinochle, pinocle, pin table, piquet, pisha paysha, pitch, plain turkey, playing area, playing field, ploy, poilu, point, pointer, poker hand, pollachius pollachius, pollack, pollock, polo, pomatomidae, pomatomus saltatrix, pool table, post office, pot, practice game, protest, punting, purloo, pushball, quail, quest, question master, quizmaster, quiz program, quoit, quoits, rachycentron canadum, rack up, racquetball, rainbow runner, regulation time, relief pitcher, reliever, rematch, replay, retriever, ride the bench, ring-a-rosy, riskily, roccus saxatilis, rock bass, rockfish, rock sunfish, roper, rouge et noir, roulette, roulette wheel, rounders, rudderfish, rue, ruffed grouse, rum, rummy, sacramento sturgeon, sage, sailfish, salmi, salmon, sandbag, scomberomorus cavalla, scombroid, scombroid fish, scorekeeper, scorer, scrabble, second period, sergeant fish, seriola dorsalis, seriola grandis, service break, setter, sevens, seven-up, shell game, shoot, shoot craps, shooter, shortfin mako, short whist, shot, shove-halfpenny, shove-ha'penny, shovelboard, shovel board, shower, shuffleboard, silver perch, simple, skunk, snakes and ladders, snipe, snook, snooker table, softball, softball game, solitaire, spanish pointer, spatchcock, spillikin, spillikins, spinner, spinney, spin the bottle, spin the plate, spin the platter, spoor, sportsmanship, squash, squash rackets, squash racquets, staghound, stalemated, stalk, stalker, stalking, stalking-horse, stand, stands, start, starter, starting, starting line, starting pitcher, still hunt, sting operation, stops, stratagem, string line, striped bass, striped marlin, striper, strip-jack-naked, suborder otides, supporter, synercus caffer, table, table tennis, tag, take on, tally, tap-off, tarpon, tarpon atlanticus, taw, tench, tennis, tenpounder, tetherball, thimblerig, third period, three-card monte, three-hitter, ticktacktoe, tick-tack-toe, ticktacktoo, tic-tac-toe, tiddlywinks, tie, tight, tinamou, tinca tinca, tip-off, tit-tat-toe, trachinotus falcatus, tracker, trente-et-quarante, trojan horse, trout, tuna, tunny, turn out, twenty-one, two-hitter, ugandan, ultimate frisbee, ump, umpire, vaporize, vingt-et-un, volleyball, volleyball game, volleyball player, wahoo, warm the bench, watch, water polo, weakfish, wheel, whist, whistle, white perch, white sturgeon, wildfowl, wing shooting, woodcock, woodcock snipe, word game, yellowtail, zero-sum game

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