To make game of, to make sport of to mock. distinguished from the rest by the well-known appellation of game. Animals pursued and taken by sportsmen wild meats designed for, or served at, table. It was obviously Lord Macaulay's game to blacken the greatest literary champion of the cause he had set himself to attack. A scheme or art employed in the pursuit of an object or purpose method of procedure projected line of operations plan project. (Card Playing) In some games, a point credited on the score to the player whose cards counts up the highest.Ħ. 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.ĥ. The use or practice of such a game a single match at play a single contest as, a game at cards. Such were the Olympic, the Pythian, the Nemean, and the Isthmian games.ģ. ☞ Among the ancients, especially the Greeks and Romans, there were regularly recurring public exhibitions of strength, agility, and skill under the patronage of the government, usually accompanied with religious ceremonies. 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.īut war's a game, which, were their subject wise, Kings would not play at. We have had pastimes here, and pleasant game. (sport tennis) (tennis) a division of play during which one player serves (sport) a single play of a sport or other contest "the game lasted two hours"ġ3. (hunt) animal hunted or caught for foodġ2. the killing of an animal for one's own entertainment rather than for survival (subsistence hunting) or sale (commercial hunting).ġ1. (games) the score at a particular point or the score needed to win "the game is 6 all" "he is serving for the game"ġ0. the flesh of wild animals that is used for foodĩ. a secret scheme to do something (especially something underhand or illegal) "they concocted a plot to discredit the governor" "I saw through his little game from the start"Ĩ. the game equipment needed in order to play a particular game "the child received several games for his birthday"ħ. your occupation or line of work "he's in the plumbing game" "she's in show biz"Ħ. frivolous or trifling behavior "for actors, memorizing lines is no game" "for him, life is all fun and games"Ĥ. 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"ģ. a contest with rules to determine a winner "you need four people to play this game"Ģ.
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