A Quick and Simple Dictionary

game

1. Noun.  (countable) A pursuit or activity with rules performed either alone or with others, for the purpose of entertainment. In many games, the objective is to win by defeating the other player or players or being the first to reach a specified goal, while in others, role-playing or cooperation is emphasized.
2. Noun.  (sports) A contest between two individuals or teams. A game may refer to the entire encounter between the two (e.g. a basketball game), or to just one contest of several required to win (e.g. a tennis game).
3. Noun.  (military) An exercise simulating warfare for the purpose of training personnel, testing combat readiness, or to better understand various possible outcomes of various strategies or tactics. The exercise may involve human participants, or it may be simulated, often with the aid of computers.
4. Noun.  (uncountable) Wild animals hunted for food.
5. Noun.  (countable) The entire being of an industry, activity or profession.
6. Noun.  (informal, used mostly of males) The ability to successfully seduce someone into a romantic or sexual relationship, usually achieved by pre-meditated strategy.
7. Adjective.  (colloquial) Willing to participate.
8. Adjective.  (context, of an animal) An animal that shows a tendency to continue to fight against another animal, despite being wounded, often severely.
9. Verb.  (intransitive) To gamble.
10. Verb.  (intransitive) To play games and be a gamer.
11. Verb.  (transitive) To use a system or bureaucracy in a way which defeats or nullifies the rules in effect, usually to obtain a result which otherwise would be unobtainable.
12. Verb.  (transitive, slang) To perform premeditated seduction strategy.