game

/ɡeɪm/

noun

1
A playful or competitive activity.
2
A video game.
3
(nearly always singular) A field of gainful activity, as an industry or profession.
“He's in the securities game somehow.”
4
Something that resembles a game with rules, despite not being designed.
“In the game of life, you may find yourself playing the waiting game far too often.”
5
An exercise simulating warfare, whether computerized or involving human participants.
6
Wild animals hunted for food.
“The forest has plenty of game.”
7
(used mostly of males) The ability to seduce someone, usually by strategy.
“He didn't get anywhere with her because he had no game.”
8
Mastery; the ability to excel at something.
9
A questionable or unethical practice in pursuit of a goal; a scheme.
“You want to borrow my credit card for a week? What's your game?”

1
To gamble.
2
To play card games, board games, or video games.
3
To exploit loopholes in a system or bureaucracy in a way which defeats or nullifies the spirit of the rules in effect, usually to obtain a result which otherwise would be unobtainable.
“We'll bury them in paperwork, and game the system.”
4
(of males) To perform premeditated seduction strategy.

1
Willing to participate.
2
(of an animal) That shows a tendency to continue to fight against another animal, despite being wounded, often severely.
3
Persistent, especially in senses similar to the above.
4
Injured, lame (of a limb).

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