game

  • 61game — Synonyms and related words: Animalia, Boston, Byzantine intrigues, Earl of Coventry, Monopoly, Olympic games, Olympics, Ping Pong, Pit, Polish bank, Rugby, Russian bank, Scrabble, acquiescent, action, adventurous, agreeable, aim, alacritous, all… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 62game — There are two games in English. The noun game ‘pastime, sport’ [OE] used to be a fairly widespread word in the Germanic languages (Swedish and Danish still preserve it as gamman and gammen respectively) and may well go back to a prehistoric… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 63game —   No distinction was made between game, sport, and recreation, all of which might be mea pā ani. See Mitchell. Eng. Haw. entries: archery, bowling, box, cartwheel, checkers, cock fighting, dive, fence, gamble, guess, hide and seek, hopscotch,… …

    English-Hawaiian dictionary

  • 64game —  l.Plan. Intention.  ♠ What s his little game?  2. on the game Involved in any (usu. dubious) undertaking, esp. prostitution.  3. See give the game away.  4. game not worth the candle Risk not worth taking. Worthless undertaking …

    A concise dictionary of English slang

  • 65game — There are two games in English. The noun game ‘pastime, sport’ [OE] used to be a fairly widespread word in the Germanic languages (Swedish and Danish still preserve it as gamman and gammen respectively) and may well go back to a prehistoric… …

    Word origins

  • 66Game — Recorded in the spellings of Game, Gaman, Gamman, Gammon, the patronymics Games, Gammans, Gammons and Gammonds, this is an English surname. It can be described as one of those quite rare occurences, a surname which does mean precisely what it… …

    Surnames reference

  • 67game — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. amusement, diversion, sport, play; contest, match; plan, purpose; prey (see pursuit). See contention, chance, animal. adj., slang, sporty, gritty, plucky. See courage, resolution. II (Roget …

    English dictionary for students

  • 68game — 1. noun 1) the children invented a new game Syn: pastime, diversion, entertainment, amusement, distraction, recreation, sport, activity 2) we lost the game Syn: match, contest …

    Synonyms and antonyms dictionary

  • 69game — Wild birds and beasts. The word includes all game birds, game fowl, and game animals. State ex rel. Sofeico v. Hefferman, 41 N.M. 219, 67 P.2d 240, 246. A sport, pastime or contest. A contrivance which has for its object to furnish sport,… …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 70game — Wild birds and beasts. The word includes all game birds, game fowl, and game animals. State ex rel. Sofeico v. Hefferman, 41 N.M. 219, 67 P.2d 240, 246. A sport, pastime or contest. A contrivance which has for its object to furnish sport,… …

    Black's law dictionary