a contest with rules to determine a winner

a single play of a sport or other contest

an amusement or pastime

animal hunted for food or sport

(tennis) a division of play during which one player serves

(games) the score at a particular point or the score needed to win

the flesh of wild animals that is used for food

a secret scheme to do something (especially something underhand or illegal)

the game equipment needed in order to play a particular game

your occupation or line of work

frivolous or trifling behavior

place a bet on

disabled in the feet or legs

willing to face danger

any bird (as grouse or pheasant) that is hunted for sport

equipment or apparatus used in playing a game

any fish providing sport for the angler

any of several breeds reared for cockfighting

a regulation intended to manage or preserve game animals

a license authorizing the bearer to kill a certain type of animal during a specified period of time

(ice hockey) a penalty that suspends a player for the remainder of a game (but allows the team to send in a substitute for the suspended player)

a game that involves gambling

(figurative) a carefully thought out strategy for achieving an objective in war or politics or business or personal affairs

(sports) a plan for achieving an objective in some sport

a recreation room for noisy activities (parties or children's play etc)

a television or radio program in which contestants compete for awards

(economics) a theory of competition stated in terms of gains and losses among opposing players

a person employed to take care of game and wildlife

a canvas or leather bag for carrying game (especially birds) killed by a hunter

a flat portable surface (usually rectangular) designed for board games

a cock bred and trained for fighting

someone who is a very fierce fighter

a person employed to take care of game and wildlife

a traditional Indonesian ensemble typically including many tuned percussion instruments including bamboo xylophones and wooden or bronze chimes and gongs

in a plucky manner

disability of walking due to crippling of the legs or feet

the teacher in charge of games at a school

the teacher in charge of games at a school

the use of dubious (although not technically illegal) methods to win a game

cell or organ in which gametes develop

a mature sexual reproductive cell having a single set of unpaired chromosomes

an immature animal or plant cell that develops into a gamete by meiosis

gametangia and surrounding bracts

the development and maturation of sex cells through meiosis

a modified branch bearing gametangia as in the thalloid liverworts

the gamete-bearing individual or phase in the life cycle of a plant having alternation of generations

suggestive of sexual impropriety

(used of the smell of meat) smelling spoiled or tainted

willing to face danger