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      game
      noun
      A playful or competitive activity.
      A playful activity that may be unstructured; an amusement or pastime.
      (countable) An activity described by a set of rules, especially for the purpose of entertainment, often competitive or having an explicit goal.
      (UK, in the plural) A school subject during which sports are practised.
      (countable) A particular instance of playing a game.
      That which is gained, such as the stake in a game.
      The number of points necessary to win a game.
      (card games) In some games, a point awarded to the player whose cards add up to the largest sum.
      (countable) The equipment that enables such activity, particularly as packaged under a title.
      One's manner, style, or performance in playing a game.
      (countable, usually in the singular, informal) A field of gainful activity, as an industry or profession.
      (hip-hop, with the) The music industry.
      (countable, figuratively) Something that resembles a game with rules, despite not being designed.
      (countable, military) An exercise simulating warfare, whether computerized or involving human participants.
      (countable) A questionable or unethical practice in pursuit of a goal.
      (uncountable) Wild animals hunted for food.
      (uncountable, informal, used mostly for men) The ability to seduce or woo someone, usually by strategy.
      (slang) Prostitution. (Now chiefly in on the game.)
      (uncountable, slang) Mastery; the ability to excel at something.
      (countable) Ellipsis of video game. [A type of game, existing as and controlled by software, usually run by a video game console or a computer, played on a monitor or television screen, and controlled by a joypad, joystick, keyboard, mouse, touchscreen or paddle.]
      (now rare) Lovemaking, flirtation.
      (uncountable, archaic) Diversion, entertainment.
      verb
      (intransitive) To gamble.
      (intransitive) To play card games, board games, or video games.
      (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.
      (transitive, seduction community, slang, of males) To perform premeditated seduction strategy.
      adjective
      (colloquial) Willing and able to participate.
      (of an animal) That shows a tendency to continue to fight against another animal, despite being wounded, often severely.
      Persistent, especially in senses similar to the above.
      (of a limb) Injured, lame.
      Synonyms for game
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