Definition of game

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Game (n.) To rejoice; to be pleased; -- often used, in Old English, impersonally with dative..

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Mort :: Mort (n.) Death; esp., the death of game in the chase..
Gamester :: Gamester (n.) A prostitute; a strumpet.
Tally :: Tally (v. i.) To make a tally; to score; as, to tally in a game..
Trash :: Trash (n.) A collar, leash, or halter used to restrain a dog in pursuing game..
Goal :: Goal (n.) A base, station, or bound used in various games; in football, a line between two posts across which the ball must pass in order to score; also, the act of kicking the ball over the line between the goal posts..
Burn :: Burn (v. i.) In certain games, to approach near to a concealed object which is sought..
Boston :: Boston (n.) A game at cards, played by four persons, with two packs of fifty-two cards each; -- said to be so called from Boston, Massachusetts, and to have been invented by officers of the French army in America during the Revolutionary war..
Morris :: Morris (n.) A dance formerly common in England, often performed in pagenats, processions, and May games. The dancers, grotesquely dressed and ornamented, took the parts of Robin Hood, Maidmarian, and other fictious characters..
Gun :: Gun (v. i.) To practice fowling or hunting small game; -- chiefly in participial form; as, to go gunning..
Hunter :: Hunter (n.) A dog that scents game, or is trained to the chase; a hunting dog..
Poach :: Poach (v. i.) To steal or pocket game, or to carry it away privately, as in a bag; to kill or destroy game contrary to law, especially by night; to hunt or fish unlawfully; as, to poach for rabbits or for salmon..
Commerce :: Commerce (n.) A round game at cards, in which the cards are subject to exchange, barter, or trade..
Beagle :: Beagle (n.) A small hound, or hunting dog, twelve to fifteen inches high, used in hunting hares and other small game. See Illustration in Appendix..
Snipe :: Snipe (n.) Any one of numerous species of limicoline game birds of the family Scolopacidae, having a long, slender, nearly straight beak..
Cockfight :: Cockfight (n.) A match or contest of gamecocks.
Tracker :: Tracker (n.) One who, or that which, tracks or pursues, as a man or dog that follows game..
Dryfoot :: Dryfoot (n.) The scent of the game, as far as it can be traced..
Cricket :: Cricket (n.) A game much played in England, and sometimes in America, with a ball, bats, and wickets, the players being arranged in two contesting parties or sides..
Gadwall :: Gadwall (n.) A large duck (Anas strepera), valued as a game bird, found in the northern parts of Europe and America; -- called also gray duck..
Curry :: Curry (n.) A stew of fowl, fish, or game, cooked with curry..
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