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1. A contest with rules to determine a winner
   "you need four people to play this game"
    
2. A single play of a sport or other contest
   "the game lasted two hours"
    
3. 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"
    
4. Animal hunted for food or sport
    
5. (tennis) a division of play during which one player serves
    
6. (games) the score at a particular point or the score needed to win
   "the game is 6 all"; "he is serving for the game"
    
7. The flesh of wild animals that is used for food
    
8. [informal] A secret scheme to do something (especially something underhand or illegal)
   "I saw through his little game from the start";
   - plot, secret plan
    
9. The game equipment needed in order to play a particular game
   "the child received several games for his birthday"
    
10. Frivolous or trifling behaviour
    "for actors, memorizing lines is no game"; "for him, life is all fun and games"
     
11. [informal] Your occupation or line of work
    "he's in the plumbing game";
    - biz [informal]

1. Willing or keen to do something
   - up for
    
2. [informal] Willing to face danger
   - gamy, gamey, gritty, mettlesome, spirited, spunky [informal]
    
3. [informal] Disabled in the feet or legs
   "a game leg";
   - crippled, halt [archaic], halting, lame, gimpy [N. Amer, informal]

1. Gamble on something
   - bet on, back, gage [archaic], stake, punt
    
2. Manipulate or exploit a system to one's advantage, esp. in an unfair way
   "game the system of ranking musical hits by including free downloads";
   - play

Derived forms: gamer, gamed, games, gamest, gaming

See also: brave, courageous, unfit

Type of: activity, animal, animate being, beast, bet, brute, business, caper [informal], competition, contest, creature, diversion, division, fauna, frolic, gambol, game equipment, job, line, line of work, meat, occupation, part, play, recreation, romp, scheme, score, section, strategy, wager

Part of: set

Encyclopedia: Game, Set, and Match