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game
has definitions from the fields of games,sport,work,zoology,chemistry,food,mathematics
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[ noun ] (sport) a single play of a game
Examples "the game lasted 2 hours" Used in print (The Sun, [Baltimore],...)Bill_Kunkel , Bob_Hartman and Ed_Keegan did the mound chores for the club down from West_Palm_Beach to play the game before 767 paying customers in Miami_Stadium . (The Dallas Morning News,...)Moritz was bothered during the first two games this year by a pulled muscle in the thigh of his right ( kicking ) leg and , as a result , several of his successful conversions have gone barely far enough . He kicked several while playing at Stamford_High_School , including one that beat Anson , 3 - 0 , in a 1953 district game . His statistical record that year , when Texas won only one game and lost nine , was far from impressive : he carried the ball three times for a net gain of 10 yards , punted once for 39 yards and caught one pass for 13 yards . In their first three games , the Longhorns have had the ball 41 times and scored 16 times , or 40 per_cent their total passing yardage in three games , 447 on 30 completions in 56 attempts , is only 22 yards short of their total passing yardage in 1959 , when they made 469 on 37 completions in 86 tries . Related terms contest playoff_game exhibition_game away_game twin_bill cup_tie nightcap home_game shutout |
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[ noun ] (games) a contest with rules to determine a winner
Examples "you need four people to play this game" Used in print ([Anonymous,] "The Attack on Employee Services"...)Hallmark_Cards_,_Inc. , Kansas_City , Mo. , has a do-it-yourself quiz game called `` Benefit_Bafflers '' , which it distributes to employees . (Sports Age, 24:9...)Moving around camp we saw all kinds of camp stoves , lanterns , coolers , bedding , games , fishing_tackle , windbreaks and sunshades . (Jim Thompson, The Transgressors....)It was strictly the deputy 's game , but McBride had gone too far to throw_in . (Morley Callaghan, A Passion in Rome....)Watching her , he felt like a spectator at a tennis game , with the ball being bounced back_and_forth . (Samuel Elkin, "The Ball Player," Nugget, 6: 5...)The game was resumed . |
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[ noun ] (games) an amusement or pastime
Examples "they played word games" "he thought of his painting as a game that filled his empty time" "his life was all fun and games" Used in print (The Sun, [Baltimore],...)A two run homer by Norm_Siebern and a solo_blast by Bill_Tuttle tied the game , and single runs in the eighth and ninth gave the Athletics their fifth victory in eight starts . Hansen will engage in his first workout at Miami_Stadium prior to the opening tomorrow night of a two game weekend series with the New_York Yankees . Ralph_Houk , successor to Casey_Stengel at the Yankee helm , plans to bring the entire New_York squad here from St._Petersburg , including Joe_Dimaggio and large crowds are anticipated for both weekend games . Just before game time , Robinson 's pretty wife , Connie informed him that an addition to the family can be expected late next summer . Waters injured his left knee in the last game of the 1960 season . |
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[ noun ] (zoology) animal hunted for food or sport
Used in print (Tristram P. Coffin, "Folklore in the American Twentieth...)The collector enjoys the contact with rural life ; he hunts folklore for the very `` field and stream '' reasons that many persons hunt game ; and only rarely is he acutely concerned with the meaning of what he has located . |
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[ noun ] (games) the game equipment needed to play a game
Examples "the child received several games for his birthday" Related terms |
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[ noun ] (games) the score at a particular point or the score needed to win
Examples "the game is 6 all" "he is serving for the game" Related terms |
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[ noun ] (work) informal terms for your occupation
Synonyms Examples "he's in the plumbing game" "she's in show biz" Related terms |
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[ noun ] frivolous or trifling behavior
Examples "for actors, memorizing lines is no game" "for him, life is all fun and games" Related terms |
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[ noun ] a secret scheme to do something (especially something underhand or illegal)
Synonyms Examples "they concocted a plot to discredit the governor" "I saw through his little game from the start" Related terms |
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