Definition of game

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Game (v. i.) The use or practice of such a game; a single match at play; a single contest; as, a game at cards..

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Bower :: Bower (n.) One of the two highest cards in the pack commonly used in the game of euchre.
Touch :: Touch (n.) A boys' game; tag.
Equestrian :: Equestrian (a.) Of or pertaining to horses or horsemen, or to horsemanship; as, equestrian feats, or games..
Shinty :: Shinty (n.) A Scotch game resembling hockey; also, the club used in the game..
Gammon :: Gammon (v. t.) To beat in the game of backgammon, before an antagonist has been able to get his men or counters home and withdraw any of them from the board; as, to gammon a person..
Trieterics :: Trieterics (n. pl.) Festival games celebrated once in three years.
Agonist :: Agonist (n.) One who contends for the prize in public games.
Fives :: Fives (n. pl.) A kind of play with a ball against a wall, resembling tennis; -- so named because three fives, or fifteen, are counted to the game..
Pall-mall :: Pall-mall (n.) A game formerly common in England, in which a wooden ball was driven with a mallet through an elevated hoop or ring of iron. The name was also given to the mallet used, to the place where the game was played, and to the street, in London, still called Pall Mall..
Clumps :: Clumps (n.) A game in which questions are asked for the purpose of enabling the questioners to discover a word or thing previously selected by two persons who answer the questions; -- so called because the players take sides in two clumps or groups, the clump which guesses the word winning the game..
Move :: Move (n.) The act of moving one of the pieces, from one position to another, in the progress of the game..
Inguinal :: Inguinal (a.) Of or pertaining to, or in the region of, the inguen or groin; as, an inguinal canal or ligament; inguinal hernia..
Butter :: Butter (v. t.) To increase, as stakes, at every throw or every game..
Hazarder :: Hazarder (n.) A player at the game of hazard; a gamester.
Bias :: Bias (n.) A weight on the side of the ball used in the game of bowls, or a tendency imparted to the ball, which turns it from a straight line..
Stalk :: Stalk (v. t.) To approach under cover of a screen, or by stealth, for the purpose of killing, as game..
Fourhanded :: Fourhanded (a.) Requiring four hands or players; as, a fourhanded game at cards..
Shovelboard :: Shovelboard (n.) A board on which a game is played, by pushing or driving pieces of metal or money to reach certain marks; also, the game itself. Called also shuffleboard, shoveboard, shovegroat, shovelpenny..
Syndesmology :: Syndesmography (n.) A description of the ligaments; syndesmology.
Capot :: Capot (n.) A winning of all the tricks at the game of piquet. It counts for forty points.
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