Game
- a. Of or pertaining to such animals as are hunted for game, or to the act or practice of hunting.
- n. Crooked; lame; as, a game leg.
- v. i. Sport of any kind; jest, frolic.
- v. i. A contest, physical or mental, according to certain rules, for amusement, recreation, or for winning a stake; as, a game of chance; games of skill; field games, etc.
- v. i. The use or practice of such a game; a single match at play; a single contest; as, a game at cards.
- v. i. That which is gained, as the stake in a game; also, the number of points necessary to be scored in order to win a game; as, in short whist five points are game.
- v. i. In some games, a point credited on the score to the player whose cards counts up the highest.
- v. i. A scheme or art employed in the pursuit of an object or purpose; method of procedure; projected line of operations; plan; project.
- v. i. Animals pursued and taken by sportsmen; wild meats designed for, or served at, table.
- a. Having a resolute, unyielding spirit, like the gamecock; ready to fight to the last; plucky.
The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.