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Adjective: gamey  gey-mee
  1. [N. Amer] Suggestive of sexual impropriety
    "a gamey movie";
    - blue [informal], gamy [N. Amer], juicy [informal], naughty [informal], racy, risqué, spicy [informal], fruity [Brit, informal]
     
  2. (used of the smell of meat) smelling spoiled or tainted
    "The gamey odour of the meat indicated it had gone bad";
    - gamy, high
     
  3. Showing courage, determination and energy
    "The gamey soldier volunteered for the risky mission";
    - game [informal], gamy, gritty, mettlesome, spirited, spunky [informal]

See also: brave, courageous, ill-smelling, malodorous, malodourous [Brit, Cdn, non-standard], minging [Brit, informal], niffy [Brit, informal], pongy [Brit, informal], sexy [informal], stinky [informal], unpleasant-smelling, whiffy [Brit, informal]

Encyclopedia: Gamey, Thomas