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Electronic game with user interface and visual feedback
A video game, computer game, or simply game is an electronic game that involves interaction with a user interface or input device (such as a joystick
Video_game
to whether the title of best-selling video game should belong to Tetris, a 1988 multi-platform puzzle video game created by Alexey Pajitnov, or to Minecraft
List of best-selling video games
List_of_best-selling_video_games
Computer system for running video games
A video game console is an electronic device that outputs a video signal or image to display a video game that can typically be played with a game controller
Video_game_console
2026 video game
critical of the game's limited gameplay, considering it more of an interactive film or "walking simulator" than a traditional video game. The game's approximately
Mixtape_(video_game)
2005 video game
Façade is a 2005 interactive storytelling video game by Michael Mateas and Andrew Stern. Conceived by the developers as an "interactive drama", Façade
Façade_(video_game)
List of video game consoles by Nintendo
Nintendo has developed eight home video game consoles and multiple portable consoles for use with external media, as well as dedicated consoles and other
Nintendo_video_game_consoles
Software developer specializing in the creation of video games
A video game developer is a software developer specializing in video game development – the process and related disciplines of creating video games. A
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Economic sector of video games
The video game industry is a significant segment of the leisure sector, straddling the tertiary sector, which provides services to people, and the quaternary
Video_game_industry
2002 action video game
(stylized as xXx) is a 2002 action video game developed by Digital Eclipse and published by Activision for the Game Boy Advance. Based on the film of the
XXX_(video_game)
2026 video game
Saros is an action game developed by Housemarque and published by Sony Interactive Entertainment. The game was released for the PlayStation 5 on 30 April
Saros_(video_game)
Classification assigned to video games based on their gameplay
A video game genre is an informal classification of a video game based on how it is played rather than visual or narrative elements. This is independent
Video_game_genre
The history of video game consoles, both home and handheld, began in the 1970s. The first console that played games on a television set was the 1972 Magnavox
History of video game consoles
History_of_video_game_consoles
Games from the 1940s to the 1970s
inventions and developments. Video gaming reached mainstream popularity in the early 1970s, when arcade video games, gaming consoles and personal computer
Early_history_of_video_games
Video game of multiple players
A multiplayer video game is a video game in which more than one person can play in the same game environment at the same time, either locally on the same
Multiplayer_video_game
Upcoming video game
upcoming first-person shooter game developed and published by Ghost Story Games. It will be Ken Levine's first video game release since BioShock Infinite:
Judas_(video_game)
2022 video game
aimez les chats, ne passez pas à côté de ce jeu vidéo !" [Stray: if you like cats, don't miss this video game!]. Jeuxvideo.com (in French). Webedia. Archived
Stray_(video_game)
Music accompanying video games
Video game music (VGM) is the soundtrack that accompanies video games. Early video game music was once limited to sounds of early sound chips, such as
Video_game_music
2020 video game
remains the only Hugo-winning video game, it will wear the laurel well." A sequel, Hades II, was announced at The Game Awards 2022, and launched in early
Hades_(video_game)
This is a list of video game soundtracks that multiple publications, such as video game journalism and music journalism publications, have considered
List of video game soundtracks listed among the best
List_of_video_game_soundtracks_listed_among_the_best
Video game industry in the United States
The video game industry in the United States is one of the fastest-growing entertainment industries in the country. The American video game industry is
Video games in the United States
Video_games_in_the_United_States
1976 action video game
Breakout is a 1976 action video game developed and published by Atari, Inc. for arcades; in Japan, it was released by Namco. The game was designed by Nolan
Breakout_(video_game)
best-selling video game franchises worldwide, ranked up to 50th place by reported software unit sales. Mario is the best-selling video game franchise of
List of best-selling video game franchises
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Design of the content and rules of video games
Video game design is the process of designing the rules and content of video games in the pre-production stage and designing the gameplay, environment
Video_game_design
Process of developing a video game
Video game development (sometimes shortened to gamedev) is the process of creating a video game. It is a multidisciplinary practice, involving programming
Video_game_development
1997 video game
Fallout (also known as Fallout: A Post Nuclear Role Playing Game) is a 1997 role-playing video game developed and published by Interplay Productions, set in
Fallout_(video_game)
first such games on a video display. The first consumer video game hardware was released in the early 1970s. The first home video game console was the Magnavox
History_of_video_games
Video game theme
in video games since the early days of the industry, and games featuring sexual content can be found on most platforms and can be of any video game genre
Sexual_content_in_video_games
Defunct 2024 video game
was a sci-fi player-versus-player hero shooter video game played from a first-person perspective. The game featured a variety of human and alien characters
Concord_(video_game)
Upcoming horror game
beginning in the second half of 2024 due to the 2024–2025 SAG-AFTRA video game strike. The game is being developed using Unreal Engine 5. In September 2025,
OD_(video_game)
Internet broadcasting of video game play
entertaining video game players while immersing themselves in a virtual audience of like-minded people. Many viewers cannot experience these video games due
Video_game_livestreaming
High-budget video game
In the video game industry, AAA, also known as triple-A, is a term used to classify video games produced or distributed by a mid-sized or major publisher
AAA_(video_game_industry)
The following video games have been considered among the best of all time by video game journalists or magazines in lists dedicated to selecting the best
List of video games listed among the best
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video game companies are available: List of video game developers List of video game publishers List of indie game developers List of largest video game
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1983 US video gaming economic recession
The video game crash of 1983 was a large-scale recession in the video game industry that occurred from 1983 to 1985 in the United States. The crash was
Video_game_crash_of_1983
licensed from a game publisher. Tron (1982) – Directed by Steven Lisberger. Kevin Flynn, an arcade game designer, gets digitized into the video game world he
List of films based on video games
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2003 stealth video game
not, the game pushes the envelope of video game violence and shows you countless scenes of wholly uncensored, heavily stylized carnage". Game Informer
Manhunt_(video_game)
Study of games and the act of playing them
game, the players within the game, and the role the game plays in its society or culture. Game studies is oftentimes confused with the study of video
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The following table contains video game consoles that have sold at least 1 million units worldwide either through to consumers or inside retail channels
List of best-selling game consoles
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Video game genre
Lemmings (1991). Puzzle video games owe their origins to brain teasers and puzzles throughout human history. The mathematical strategy game Nim, and other traditional
Puzzle_video_game
2008 puzzle platform video game
Braid is an indie puzzle-platform video game developed by Number None. The game was originally released in August 2008 for the Xbox 360's Xbox Live Arcade
Braid_(video_game)
Game of the Year (GotY) is an award given to a video game by various award events and media publications that they feel represented the pinnacle of gaming
List of Game of the Year awards
List_of_Game_of_the_Year_awards
1980 video game
Pac-Man, originally titled Puck Man in Japan, is a 1980 maze video game developed and published by Namco for arcades. It was released in Japan on May 22
Pac-Man
Puzzle video game
Minesweeper is a logic puzzle video game genre generally played on personal computers. The game features a grid of clickable tiles, with hidden "mines"
Minesweeper_(video_game)
1991 video game
Civilization is a 1991 turn-based strategy 4X video game developed and published by MicroProse. The game was originally developed for MS-DOS running on
Civilization_(video_game)
Video game genre
Role-playing video games (RPGs), also known as computer role-playing games (CRPGs), comprise a broad video game genre generally defined by a detailed story
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Company that publishes video games
A video game publisher is a company that publishes video games that have been developed either internally by the publisher or externally by a video game
Video_game_publisher
Since the origin of video games in the early 1970s, the video game industry, the players, and surrounding culture have spawned a wide range of technical
Glossary_of_video_game_terms
2026 video game
Replaced is an action-platform video game developed by Sad Cat Studios and published by Coatsink and Thunderful for Windows and Xbox Series X/S. It was
Replaced_(video_game)
First-person shooter by Bungie
first-person shooter video game developed and published by Bungie and distributed by Sony Interactive Entertainment. Announced in May 2023, the game is the first
Marathon_(2026_video_game)
A video game genre is a specific category of games related by similar gameplay characteristics. Video game genres are not usually defined by the setting
List_of_video_game_genres
Closely adapted game
A video game remake is a video game closely adapted from an earlier title, usually for the purpose of modernizing a game with updated graphics for newer
Video_game_remake
Worldwide subculture
Video game culture or gaming culture is a worldwide subculture formed by video game enthusiasts. As video games have grown more sophisticated, accessible
Video_game_culture
System used for the classification of video games into suitability-related groups
A video game content rating system is a system used for the classification of video games based on suitability for target audiences. Most of these systems
Video game content rating system
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As a hit-driven business, the great majority of the video game industry's software releases have been commercial disappointments. In the early 21st century
List of commercial failures in video and arcade games
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2010 video game
puzzle-platform video game with horror elements developed by independent studio Playdead and originally published by Microsoft Game Studios for the Xbox
Limbo_(video_game)
2015 video game
Hatred is an isometric shoot 'em up video game developed and published by Destructive Creations that was released on June 1, 2015, for Microsoft Windows
Hatred_(video_game)
2015 survival horror video game
Soma is a 2015 survival horror video game developed and published by Frictional Games. It follows Simon Jarrett, who finds himself on an underwater remote
Soma_(video_game)
Addiction to playing video games
Video game addiction (VGA), also known as gaming disorder or internet gaming disorder, is generally defined as a behavioural addiction involving problematic
Video_game_addiction
2016 video game
Inside is included on multiple lists of the greatest video games of all time as compiled by game journalists. Inside is a puzzle platformer. The player
Inside_(video_game)
This is a list of video game franchises, organized alphabetically. All entries include multiple video games, not counting ports or altered re-releases
List_of_video_game_franchises
Video game
previously Project Mugen) is an upcoming free-to-play open world role-playing video game developed by the Hangzhou-based studio Naked Rain and published by NetEase
Ananta_(video_game)
Fan-made modification of video games
Video game modding (from "modifying") is the process of player and fan-authored alteration of a video game and is a sub-discipline of general modding.
Video_game_modding
The list of video game consoles is split into the following articles: List of video game consoles by generation List of dedicated video game consoles List
Lists_of_video_game_consoles
Class of video game, generally independently published
An indie game or indie video game (short for independent video game) is a video game created by individuals or smaller development teams, and typically
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2025 video game
climbing video game developed and published by Aggro Crab and Landfall Games for Windows via Steam on 16 June 2025. The objective of the game is to climb
Peak_(video_game)
Upcoming video game
Valve registered a trademark for Neon Prime; video game journalists suggested that it could be a new video game from the developer. Duncan Drummond, co-creator
Deadlock_(video_game)
2022 video game
Pentiment is a 2022 adventure role-playing video game developed by Obsidian Entertainment and published by Xbox Game Studios. The player is tasked with investigating
Pentiment_(video_game)
2014 puzzle game
sliding tile puzzle video game written by Italian web developer Gabriele Cirulli and published on GitHub. The objective of the game is to slide numbered
2048_(video_game)
2025 video game
Horses is a 2025 video game developed and published by the Italian game production studio Santa Ragione and filmmaker Andrea Lucco Borlera. It is a horror-adventure
Horses_(video_game)
2019 video game
FBC: Firebreak, was released in 2025. Control is an action-adventure video game that is played from a third-person perspective. The player assumes control
Control_(video_game)
2021 browser game
Wordle is a web-based word game created and developed by the Welsh software engineer Josh Wardle. In the game, players have six attempts to guess a five-letter
Wordle
2016 video game
Stellaris is a 4X grand strategy video game developed by Paradox Development Studio and published by Paradox Interactive. Players take control of an interstellar
Stellaris_(video_game)
Stationary video game console
A home video game console is a video game console that is designed to be connected to a display device, such as a television, and an external power source
List of home video game consoles
List_of_home_video_game_consoles
2019 video game
Blasphemous is a Metroidvania video game developed by Spanish studio The Game Kitchen and published by Team17. The game was released for Microsoft Windows
Blasphemous_(video_game)
intelligence (AI) in video games refers to the computational systems that control non-player characters (NPCs), generate dynamic game behavior, or simulate
Artificial intelligence in video games
Artificial_intelligence_in_video_games
1988 video game
Wasteland is a role-playing video game developed by Interplay Productions and published by Electronic Arts in 1988. The first installment of the Wasteland
Wasteland_(video_game)
2007 video game
"Top 100 Video Games of All Time". IGN. 2018. Archived from the original on June 14, 2018. Retrieved June 15, 2018. "D.I.C.E. Awards By Video Game Details
Portal_(video_game)
Coin-operated entertainment machine genre
An arcade video game is an arcade game that takes player input from its controls, processes it through electrical or computerized components, and displays
Arcade_video_game
Comedy web series about video games
Angry Video Game Nerd (AVGN; originally known as Angry Nintendo Nerd) is an American retrogaming review comedy web series starring and created by James
Angry_Video_Game_Nerd
1995 video game
vacation with his friends and former enemies. Rayman was created by French video game designer Michel Ancel. He conceived the character as a teenager in the
Rayman_(video_game)
In the video game industry, 2025 saw large-scale layoffs occurring since 2022, contracting from the large growth that had happened during the COVID-19
2025_in_video_games
2011 video game
Catherine is a puzzle video game developed by Atlus. The game was released for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in Japan and North America in 2011, in PAL
Catherine_(video_game)
Video format for Game Boy Advance (2004-2007)
Game Boy Advance Video is a format for putting full color, full-motion videos onto Game Boy Advance ROM cartridges. These videos are playable using the
Game_Boy_Advance_Video
effects of video games on players and broader society, as well as debates within the video game industry. Since the early 2000s, advocates of video games have
Video_game_controversies
Journalism genre that reports on video games
Video game journalism (or video game criticism) is a branch of journalism concerned with the reporting and discussion of video games, typically based on
Video_game_journalism
2018 video game
Celeste is a 2018 platform video game developed and published by indie studio Maddy Makes Games. The player controls the player character Madeline, a young
Celeste_(video_game)
1994 video game
2021. Retrieved October 10, 2021. "Game Machine's Best Hit Games 25 - TVゲーム機ーソフトウェア (Video Game Software)". Game Machine (in Japanese). No. 488. Amusement
Tekken_(video_game)
otherwise carrying a lasting reputation for low quality in analysis by video game journalists. The list is not comprehensive, but represents the most prominent
List of video games notable for negative reception
List_of_video_games_notable_for_negative_reception
2020 video game
Phasmophobia is the 50th best-selling video game as of April 2026. Phasmophobia is a horror investigation survival game played from a first-person perspective
Phasmophobia_(video_game)
2026 video game
Samson: A Tyndalston Story is an action-adventure video game developed and published by Liquid Swords. The game was released for Windows in April 2026 and received
Samson_(video_game)
2008 video game
OFF (stylized in all caps) is a 2008 role-playing video game developed and published by Belgian team Unproductive Fun Time, consisting of Martin Georis
Off_(video_game)
2009 video game
Infamous is a 2009 action-adventure video game developed by Sucker Punch Productions and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation 3
Infamous_(video_game)
2005 video game
Western-themed action-adventure video game developed by Neversoft and published by Activision for the PlayStation 2, Xbox, GameCube, Windows, and Xbox 360
Gun_(video_game)
2022 video game
to Amazon Prime Video in December 2024. Sifu is a run based action beat 'em up game played from a third-person perspective. The game, which is inspired
Sifu_(video_game)
2021 video game
co-op-only video game, as the studio felt it had become more experienced and could further expand the design concepts introduced in that game. Fares said
It_Takes_Two_(video_game)
Sports-simulating video game
A sports video game is a video game that simulates the practice of sports. Most sports have been recreated with video games, including team sports, track
Sports_video_game
Upcoming video game
Windrose is an upcoming survival video game developed by Kraken Express and published by Pocketpair. It was released in early access on April 14, 2026
Windrose_(video_game)
Video game genre
A strategy video game is a video game genre that emphasizes strategic or tactical planning and decision-making, often involving the indirect control of
Strategy_video_game
2009 video game
greatest video games ever made. An anime film adaptation by Gonzo, Bayonetta: Bloody Fate, was released in Japan in November 2013. The game was followed
Bayonetta_(video_game)
1980 video game
Rogue is a dungeon crawling video game by Michael Toy and Glenn Wichman with later contributions by Ken Arnold. Rogue was originally developed around 1980
Rogue_(video_game)
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English
English : variant of Dyer.Dutch : reduced form of the French personal name Didier.South German : from Middle High German dier ‘wild animal’, ‘game’; probably a metonymic occupational name for a hunter, or a habitational name for someone living at a house distinguished by a sign depicting a deer.
Surname or Lastname
English (also established in Ireland), French, and Dutch
English (also established in Ireland), French, and Dutch : nickname for an inveterate gambler or a brave or foolhardy man prepared to run risks, from Middle English, Old French hasard, Middle Dutch hasaert (derived from Old French) ‘game of chance’, later used metaphorically of other uncertain enterprises. The word derives from Arabic az-zahr, from az, assimilated form of the definite article al + zahr ‘die’. It appears to have been picked up in the Holy Land and brought back to Europe by Provençal crusaders.
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English
English : variant of Game.English : from Anglo-Norman French gambon ‘ham’, a diminutive of gambe, Norman-Picard form of Old French jambe ‘leg’ (Late Latin gamba), hence probably a nickname for someone with some peculiarity of the legs or gait.
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English : occupational name for a gamekeeper or warden, from Middle English ranger, an agent derivative of range(n) ‘to arrange or dispose’.German : variant of Rang 2, 3.German : habitational name for someone from any of the places named Rangen, in Alsace, Bavaria, and Hesse.French : from a Germanic personal name formed with rang, rank ‘curved’, ‘bent’; ‘slender’.A person called Ranger from La Rochelle, France, is documented in Quebec City in 1684 with the secondary surname
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American, British, English, French, Portuguese, Spanish
Life; Used as Both Surname and Given Name; Life Giving
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English
English : nickname from a medieval throwing game, known as hurlebat(te).
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Tamil
Without form
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Spanish
Spanish : variant of Gámez (see Gamez).English : variant of Game.
Male
Japanese
(英夫) Japanese name HIDEO means "splendid man."
Surname or Lastname
English
English : nickname for a merry or sporty person, from Middle English gode ‘good’ + game, gamen ‘sport’, ‘pastime’.
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English
English : occupational name for a forester employed to look after the trees and game in a forest, Middle English woodward (from the Old English elements mentioned at 2).English : perhaps also from an Old English personal name Wuduweard, composed of the elements wudu ‘wood’ + weard ‘guardian’, ‘protector’.English : Henry Woodward emigrated from England in 1635 and settled first in Dorchester, MA, and subsequently in Northampton, MA. He had many prominent descendants. Another Henry Woodward, born about 1646 in the British West Indies, was the first English settler in SC (1664).
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English and Irish (of Norman origin)
English and Irish (of Norman origin) : habitational name from La Varrenne in Seine-Maritime, France, named with a Gaulish element probably descriptive of alluvial land or sandy soil.English : topographic name for someone who lived by a game park, or an occupational name for someone employed in one, from Anglo-Norman French warrene or Middle English wareine ‘warren’, ‘piece of land for breeding game’.Irish : adopted as an Englsih form of Gaelic Ó Murnáin (see Murnane, Warner).The surname Warren was brought to North America from England independently by many different bearers in the 17th and 18th centuries. Richard Warren, a London merchant, was one of the Pilgrims on the Mayflower. John Warren came to Salem, MA, in 1630 on the Arbella, and was the founder of an influential 18th-century Boston family. Arthur Warren emigrated to Weymouth, MA, before 1638.
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Fulfilment
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English
English : from a pet form of Gamel, from the Old Norse personal name Gamall (see Gamble).Americanized form of French Gamelin.
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Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Jain, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi
Without Form
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English
English : variant of Sumpter.Fort Sumter, SC, was named in honor of Thomas Sumter, known as the ‘Gamecock of the Revolution’ for the fear he inspired in the British and Tory forces and the pivotal role he played in key American victories. Born in 1734 near Charlottesville, VA, he was of Welsh heritage; his ancestors probably emigrated to America in the late 17th century.
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English French Portuguese Spanish
Life. Used as both surname and given name. See also Vito.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from Middle English game, gamen ‘amusement’, ‘pastime’ (Old English gamen), hence a nickname for a merry or sporty person.German (Gä(h)me) : from a Germanic personal name formed with Old High German gaman ‘fun’, ‘game’.
Surname or Lastname
English and Scottish
English and Scottish : occupational name for a gamekeeper, someone whose job was to watch over game in a park, from Old French warrennier (central Old French garennier) ‘warrener’. See also Warren 2.
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English
English : occupational name for a hunter, Old English hunta (a primary derivative of huntian ‘to hunt’). The term was used not only of the hunting on horseback of game such as stags and wild boars, which in the Middle Ages was a pursuit restricted to the ranks of the nobility, but also to much humbler forms of pursuit such as bird catching and poaching for food. The word seems also to have been used as an Old English personal name and to have survived into the Middle Ages as an occasional personal name. Compare Huntington and Huntley.Irish : in some cases (in Ulster) of English origin, but more commonly used as a quasi-translation of various Irish surnames such as Ó Fiaich (see Fee).Possibly an Americanized spelling of German Hundt.
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Arabic, Australian, Muslim
Reward
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Telugu
Pure; Brave; Tradition; Follower; Innocent
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Greek Italian
Born ninth.
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian
Wisdom
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian
One Season
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British, English
Gold
Boy/Male
Arabic, Muslim
Coming Back (for Shelter)
Girl/Female
Muslim
Glow of Moon, Light of the Moon
Girl/Female
Tamil
Sreekala | ஸà¯à®°à¯€à®•லா
Great art
Boy/Male
Hindu
Milk, Nectar
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n.
Crooked; lame; as, a game leg.
a.
Full of game or games.
a.
Of or pertaining to such animals as are hunted for game, or to the act or practice of hunting.
n.
A vireo (Vireo altiloquus) native of the West Indies and Florida; -- called also black-whiskered vireo.
a.
Applied to those actions, or muscular movements, which are automatic expressions of dominant ideas, rather than the result of distinct volitional efforts, as the act of expressing the thoughts in speech, or in writing, while the mind is occupied in the composition of the sentence.
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.
In some games, a point credited on the score to the player whose cards counts up the highest.
n.
The male game fowl.
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.
n.
One who has the care of game, especially in a park or preserve.
n.
l. (Zool.) One of numerous species of small American singing birds, of the genus Vireo, as the solitary, or blue-headed (Vireo solitarius); the brotherly-love (V. Philadelphicus); the warbling greenlet (V. gilvus); the yellow-throated greenlet (V. flavifrons) and others. See Vireo.
imp. & p. p.
of Game
a.
Destitute of game.
n.
A person who plays at games; esp., one accustomed to play for a stake; a gambler; one skilled in games.
v. i.
The use or practice of such a game; a single match at play; a single contest; as, a game at cards.
a.
Having a resolute, unyielding spirit, like the gamecock; ready to fight to the last; plucky.
n.
An ideo-motor movement.
n.
Any one of numerous species of American singing birds belonging to Vireo and allied genera of the family Vireonidae. In many of the species the back is greenish, or olive-colored. Called also greenlet.