Gaming

Acceptable For Game Play - US & UK word lists

This word is acceptable for play in the US & UK dictionaries that are being used in the following games:

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Gambling, especially casino gambling.
  • n. The playing of games, especially video games.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. Present participle of game.
  • n. The business of offering games of chance for money.
  • n. Playing a game with a video interface.
  • n. Careful, strategic use of rules to achieve one's purposes, as one would use the rules of a game.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The act or practice of playing games for stakes or wagers; gambling.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. Playing for stakes; gambling
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. the act of playing for stakes in the hope of winning (including the payment of a price for a chance to win a prize)
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    diversion    vice    recreation   
    Hyponym
    game of chance    throw    sporting life    bet    gambling game    wager   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    gambling   
    Verb Stem
    game   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    acclaiming    aiming    blaming    claiming    disclaiming    exclaiming    flaming    framing    inflaming    maiming   
    Unknown
    Gaming   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    gamble    PC    internet    multimedia    publish    desktop    entertainment    interactive    advertise    telecommunications