1. • noun - a contest with rules to determine a winner
   • noun - a single play of a sport or other contest
   • noun - an amusement or pastime
   • noun - animal hunted for food or sport
   • noun - (tennis) a division of play during which one player serves
   • noun - (games) the score at a particular point or the score needed to win
   • noun - the flesh of wild animals that is used for food
   • noun - a secret scheme to do something (especially something underhand or illegal)
   • noun - the game equipment needed in order to play a particular game
   • noun - your occupation or line of work
   • noun - frivolous or trifling behavior
   • verb - place a bet on
   • adj - disabled in the feet or legs
   • adj - willing to face danger
2. • An activity providing entertainment or amusement; a pastime: party games; word games.
   • A competitive activity or sport in which players contend with each other according to a set of rules: the game of basketball; the game of gin rummy.
   • A single instance of such an activity: We lost the first game.
   • A period of competition or challenge: It was too late in the game to change the schedule of the project.
   • The total number of points required to win a game: One hundred points is game in bridge.
   • The score accumulated at any given time in a game: The game is now 14 to 12.
   • The equipment needed for playing certain games: packed the children’s games in the car.
   • A particular style or manner of playing a game: improved my tennis game with practice.
   • Informal.
   • An active interest or pursuit, especially one involving competitive engagement or adherence to rules: “the way the system operates, the access game, the turf game, the image game” (Hedrick Smith).
   • A business or occupation; a line: the insurance game.
   • An illegal activity; a racket.
   • Informal.
   • Evasive, trifling, or manipulative behavior: wanted a straight answer, not more of their tiresome games.
   • A calculated strategy or approach; a scheme: I saw through their game from the very beginning.
   • A model of a competitive situation that identifies interested parties and stipulates rules governing all aspects of the competition, used in game theory to determine the optimal course of action for an interested party.
   • Wild animals, birds, or fish hunted for food or sport.
   • The flesh of these animals, eaten as food.
   • An object of attack, ridicule, or pursuit: The press considered the candidate’s indiscretions to be game.
   • To waste or lose by gambling.
   • Plucky and unyielding in spirit; resolute: She put up a game fight against her detractors.
   • The only alternative: “The AngloIrish Agreement is the only game in town available to political leaders seeking a graceful way out of the Ulster morass” (Boston Globe).
3. • adv - brave and spirited [adj PLUCKIER, PLUCKIEST] : PLUCKILY
   • v - to play a game of chance for money or valuables

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