Game
(n.) Crooked |
Game
(v. i.) Sport of any kind |
Game
(v. i.) A contest, physical or mental, according to certain rules, for amusement, recreation, or for winning a stake |
Game
(v. i.) The use or practice of such a game |
Game
(v. i.) That which is gained, as the stake in a game |
Game
(v. i.) In some games, a point credited on the score to the player whose cards counts up the highest. |
Game
(v. i.) A scheme or art employed in the pursuit of an object or purpose |
Game
(v. i.) Animals pursued and taken by sportsmen |
Game
(a.) Having a resolute, unyielding spirit, like the gamecock |
Game
(a.) Of or pertaining to such animals as are hunted for game, or to the act or practice of hunting. |
Game
(n.) To rejoice |
Game
(n.) To play at any sport or diversion. |
Game
(n.) To play for a stake or prize |
Game fowl
() A handsome breed of the common fowl, remarkable for the great courage and pugnacity of the males. |
Goal
(n.) The mark set to bound a race, and to or around which the constestants run, or from which they start to return to it again |
Goal
(n.) The final purpose or aim |
Goal
(n.) A base, station, or bound used in various games |
Make-game
(n.) An object of ridicule |
Match
(n.) Anything used for catching and retaining or communicating fire, made of some substance which takes fire readily, or remains burning some time |
Match
(v.) A person or thing equal or similar to another |
Match
(v.) A bringing together of two parties suited to one another, as for a union, a trial of skill or force, a contest, or the like |
Match
(v.) A contest to try strength or skill, or to determine superiority |
Match
(v.) A matrimonial union |
Match
(v.) An agreement, compact, etc. |
Match
(v.) A candidate for matrimony |
Match
(v.) Equality of conditions in contest or competition. |
Match
(v.) Suitable combination or bringing together |
Match
(v.) A perforated board, block of plaster, hardened sand, etc., in which a pattern is partly imbedded when a mold is made, for giving shape to the surfaces of separation between the parts of the mold. |
Match
(v. t.) To be a mate or match for |
Match
(v. t.) To furnish with its match |
Match
(v. t.) To oppose as equal |
Match
(v. t.) To make or procure the equal of, or that which is exactly similar to, or corresponds with |
Match
(v. t.) To make equal, proportionate, or suitable |
Match
(v. t.) To marry |
Match
(v. t.) To fit together, or make suitable for fitting together |
Match
(v. i.) To be united in marriage |
Match
(v. i.) To be of equal, or similar, size, figure, color, or quality |
Match-cloth
(n.) A coarse cloth. |
Match-coat
(n.) A coat made of match-cloth. |
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Winning
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Win |
Winning
(a.) Attracting |
Winning
(n.) The act of obtaining something, as in a contest or by competition. |
Winning
(n.) The money, etc., gained by success in competition or contest, esp, in gambling |
Winning
(n.) A new opening. |
Winning
(n.) The portion of a coal field out for working. |
| winning | succeeding with great difficulty, winning is not everything |
| goal-kick | (association football) a kick by the defending side after the attacking side sends the ball over the goal-line |
| goal-kick | (rugby) an attempt to kick a goal |
| mind game | deliberate actions of calculated psychological manipulation intended to intimidate or confuse (usually for competitive advantage), football players try to play mind games with the opposition, the jeweler's mind game is to convince lovers that the size of a gemstone reflects the depth of their feelings |
| goal | a successful attempt at scoring, the winning goal came with less than a minute left to play |
| own goal | (soccer) a goal that results when a player inadvertently knocks the ball into the goal he is defending, the own goal cost them the game |
| field goal | a score in American football, a score made by kicking the ball between the opponents' goal posts |
basket
field goal | a score in basketball made by throwing the ball through the hoop |
match-up
matchup | the pairing of people or things as for comparison or competition, it was a good match-up but the home team won, we need a matchup of the best teachers with the neediest schools |
| game | an amusement or pastime, they played word games, he thought of his painting as a game that filled his empty time, his life was all fun and games |
| game | a contest with rules to determine a winner, you need four people to play this game |
| game | a single play of a sport or other contest, the game lasted two hours |
| day game | a game played in daylight |
| night game | a game played under artificial illumination at night |
away game
road game | a game played away from home |
| home game | a game played at home |
exhibition game
practice game | a game whose outcome is not recorded in the season's standing |
| party game | a game to amuse guests at a party |
computer game
video game | a game played against a computer |
pinball
pinball game | a game played on a sloping board, the object is to propel marbles against pins or into pockets |
| guessing game | a game in which participants compete to identify some obscurely indicated thing |
| mind game | any game designed to exercise the intellect |
| playoff game | one game in the series of games constituting a playoff |
| war game | a simulation of a military operation intended to train military commanders or to demonstrate a situation or to test a proposed strategy |
| athletic game | a game involving athletic activity |
ice hockey
hockey hockey game | a game played on an ice rink by two opposing teams of six skaters each who try to knock a flat round puck into the opponents' goal with angled sticks |
| outdoor game | an athletic game that is played outdoors |
golf
golf game | a game played on a large open course with or holes, the object is use as few strokes as possible in playing all the holes |
| match play | golf scoring by holes won |
| field game | an outdoor game played on a field of specified dimensions |
football
football game | any of various games played with a ball (round or oval) in which two teams try to kick or carry or propel the ball into each other's goal |
American football
American football game | a game played by two teams of players on a rectangular field yards long, teams try to get possession of the ball and advance it across the opponents goal line in a series of (running or passing) plays |
ball game
ballgame | a field game played with a ball (especially baseball) |
baseball
baseball game r | a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players, teams take turns at bat trying to score runs, he played baseball in high school, there was a baseball game on every empty lot, there was a desire for National League ball in the area, play ball! |
| perfect game | a game in which a pitcher does not allow any opposing player to reach base |
no-hit game
no-hitter | a game in which a pitcher allows the opposing team no hits |
softball
softball game | a game closely resembling baseball that is played on a smaller diamond and with a ball that is larger and softer |
stickball
stickball game | a form of baseball played in the streets with a rubber ball and broomstick handle |
| court game | an athletic game played on a court |
volleyball
volleyball game | a game in which two teams hit an inflated ball over a high net using their hands |
basketball
basketball game
hoops | a game played on a court by two opposing teams of players, points are scored by throwing the ball through an elevated horizontal hoop |
| child's game | a game enjoyed by children |
card game
cards | a game played with playing cards |
poker
poker game | any of various card games in which players bet that they hold the highestanking hand |
| table game | a game that is played on a table |
parlor game
parlour game | a game suitable for playing in a parlor |
| word game | any game involving the formation or alteration or discovery of words |
| board game | a game played on a specially designed board |
chess
chess game | a board game for two players who move their pieces according to specific rules, the object is to checkmate the opponent's king |
go
go game | a board game for two players who place counters on a grid, the object is to surround and so capture the opponent's counters |