- game
- n.contest, match
1) to play; win a game
2) to lose a game
3) (AE) to call ('cancel') a (baseball) game
4) to throw ('purposely lose') a game
5) a close; crucial; fair game
6) a bowl (Am. football); championship; home; match (tennis); practice; wild-card (Am. professional football) game
form of recreation7) to play a game
8) a ball; board; children's; numbers; parlor; video; word game
9) a game of chance ; a game of skill
deception10) to see through smb.'s game
11) (AE) a con, confidence game
tactic, strategy12) a waiting game
13) a cat-and-mouse game
hunted animals14) to hunt; stalk game
15) big; small game
16) (fig.) fair game ('a legitimate object of attack') (to be fair game for smb.)
17) (misc.) a game preserve, refuge
prostitution(colloq.) (BE)
18) on the game
misc.19) the mating game (see the Usage Note for match)
* * *[geɪm]'championshipa game of skillchildren'sconfidence gameparlorsmall gamestalk gamevideowild-card (Am. professional football) gamewin a gameword gamematch (tennis)(AE) a con(AE) to call ('cancel') a (baseball) game(misc.) a game preserve['contest, match'] to play['deception'] to see through smb. 's game['form of recreation'] to play a game['hunted animals'] to hunt['prostitution'] (colloq.) (BE) on the game['tactic, strategy'] a waiting gamea balla cat-and-mouse gamea closea game of chanceto lose a gameto throw ('purposely lose') a gamea bowl (Am. football)['misc. '] the mating game (see the Usage Note for match)(fig.) fair game (to be fair game for smb.; 'a legitimate object of attack')
Combinatory dictionary. 2013.
