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All game synonyms

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adjective game

  • feisty — full of animation, energy, or courage; spirited; spunky; plucky: The champion is faced with a feisty challenger.
  • gutsy — having a great deal of courage or nerve: a gutsy lampooner of the administration.
  • debilitated — in a severely weakened state
  • injured — to do or cause harm of any kind to; damage; hurt; impair: to injure one's hand.
  • ailing — An ailing organization or society is in difficulty and is becoming weaker.
  • bad — If you say that it is bad that something happens, you mean it is unacceptable, unfortunate, or wrong.
  • crippled — physically incapacitated
  • deformed — disfigured or misshapen
  • disabled — physically or mentally impaired, injured, or incapacitated.
  • incapacitated — unable to act, respond, or the like (often used euphemistically when one is busy or otherwise occupied): He can't come to the phone now—he's incapacitated.
  • lame — an ornamental fabric in which metallic threads, as of gold or silver, are woven with silk, wool, rayon, or cotton.
  • maimed — to deprive of the use of some part of the body by wounding or the like; cripple: The explosion maimed him for life.
  • weak — not strong; liable to yield, break, or collapse under pressure or strain; fragile; frail: a weak fortress; a weak spot in armor.

verb game

  • go for broke — a simple past tense of break.
  • gamble — to play at any game of chance for money or other stakes.
  • give odds — to offer a bet with favourable odds
  • stake — something that is wagered in a game, race, or contest.
  • adventured — Simple past tense and past participle of adventure.
  • gaming — an amusement or pastime: children's games.
  • anted — Poker. a fixed but arbitrary stake put into the pot by each player before the deal.
  • lay odds — To offer a bet in which one stands more to lose than the opponent; or a bet in some other way favourable to the opponent.
  • stick one's neck out — the part of the body of an animal or human being that connects the head and the trunk.
  • lay down — to put or place in a horizontal position or position of rest; set down: to lay a book on a desk.
  • pony up — a small horse of any of several breeds, usually not higher at the shoulder than 14½ hands (58 in./146 cm).
  • wager — something risked or staked on an uncertain event; bet: to place a wager on a soccer match.
  • spec'd — Usually, specs. specification (def 2).
  • play for — sport: represent, be on the side of
  • bet — If you bet on the result of a horse race, football game, or other event, you give someone a sum of money which they give you back with extra money if the result is what you predicted, or which they keep if it is not.
  • specs — Usually, specs. specification (def 2).
  • play the market — to speculate on a stock exchange
  • lay — to bring about or affect by lying (often used reflexively): to lie oneself out of a difficulty; accustomed to lying his way out of difficulties.
  • shoot the works — exertion or effort directed to produce or accomplish something; labor; toil.
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