Definition of "game" in Englisch

noun

1. A playful or competitive activity.

2. (countable, usually in the singular, informal) A field of gainful activity, as an industry or profession.

   • When it comes to making sales, John is the best in the game.
   • He's in the securities game somehow.

3. (countable, figuratively) 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.

4. (countable, military) An exercise simulating warfare, whether computerized or involving human participants.

5. (countable) A questionable or unethical practice in pursuit of a goal.

   • You want to borrow my credit card for a week? What's your game?

6. (uncountable) Wild animals hunted for food.

   • The forest has plenty of game.

7. (uncountable, informal, used mostly for men) The ability to seduce or woo someone, usually by strategy.

   • He didn't get anywhere with her because he had no game.

8. (now rare) Lovemaking, flirtation.

9. (slang) Prostitution. (Now chiefly in on the game.)

10. (uncountable, slang) Mastery; the ability to excel at something.

11. (uncountable, archaic) Diversion, entertainment.

adjective

1. (colloquial) Willing and able 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.

verb

1. (intransitive) To gamble.

2. (intransitive) To play card games, board games, or video games.

3. (transitive) 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. (transitive, seduction community, slang, of males) To perform premeditated seduction strategy.

adjective

1. (of a limb) Injured, lame.