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Gaming

//ˈɡeɪmɪŋ// noun, verb

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Noun
  1. 1
    The playing of a game. uncountable, usually

    "[…] the unprofitable plays, frivolous recreations, sportings, and gamings which are invented to pass away the precious time, and divert the mind from the witness of God […]"

  2. 2
    the act of playing for stakes in the hope of winning (including the payment of a price for a chance to win a prize) wordnet
  3. 3
    The playing of a game.; Ellipsis of videogaming. abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, uncountable, usually
  4. 4
    The playing of a game.; Ellipsis of videogaming.; Used in noun compounds to describe anything that is decorated in rainbow colors, in a parody of LED-equipped peripherals marketed as "gaming mice", etc. Internet, uncountable, usually
  5. 5
    The playing of a game.; Synonym of gambling. uncountable, usually
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  1. 6
    Careful, strategic use of rules to achieve one's purposes, as one would use the rules of a game. uncountable, usually
Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of game form-of, gerund, participle, present

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