{ "dictype": "WikiDicScrap", "error": false, "code": 200, "json": { "type": "wiki", "pronunciations": { "phonetic": [ "geɪm" ], "listenurl": [ { "lang": "Audio (US)", "url": "/var/www/html/blab/dic/audio/us/game.ogg" }, { "lang": "Audio (US)", "url": "/var/www/html/blab/dic/audio/us/game.mp3" } ] }, "meansorg": { "etymologies": [ "From Middle English game, gamen, gammen, from Old English gamen (“sport, joy, mirth, pastime, game, amusement, pleasure”), from Proto-West Germanic *gaman, from Proto-Germanic *gamaną (“amusement, pleasure, game\", literally \"participation, communion, people together”), from *ga- (collective prefix) + *mann- (“man”); or alternatively from *ga- + a root from Proto-Indo-European *men- (“to think, have in mind”).\nCognate with Old Frisian game, gome (“joy, amusement, entertainment”), Middle High German gamen (“joy, amusement, fun, pleasure”), Swedish gamman (“mirth, rejoicing, merriment”), Icelandic gaman (“fun”). Related to gammon, gamble.", "(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)" ], "typelist": [ { "name": "Noun", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "A playful or competitive activity.", "submean": [ "", " A playful activity that may be unstructured; an amusement or pastime.\nSynonyms: amusement, diversion, entertainment, festivity, frolic, fun, gaiety, gambol, lark, merriment, merrymaking, pastime, play, prank, recreation, sport, spree\nAntonyms: drudgery, work, toil\nBeing a child is all fun and games.", "(countable) An activity described by a set of rules, especially for the purpose of entertainment, often competitive or having an explicit goal.\nSynonyms: see Thesaurus:game\n\nGames in the classroom can make learning fun.", "(UK, in the plural) A school subject during which sports are practised.\n", "", " (countable) A particular instance of playing a game.\nSynonym: match\nSally won the game.\nThey can turn the game around in the second half.\n", "", " That which is gained, such as the stake in a game.", "", " The number of points necessary to win a game.\nIn short whist, five points are game.\nSee also: for the win", "", " (card games) In some games, a point awarded to the player whose cards add up to the largest sum.", "", " (countable) The equipment that enables such activity, particularly as packaged under a title.\nSome of the games in the closet we have on the computer as well.", "", " One's manner, style, or performance in playing a game.\nStudy can help your game of chess.\nHit the gym if you want to toughen up your game.\n", "", " (countable) Ellipsis of video game.\n" ] }, { "mean": "(now rare) Lovemaking, flirtation." }, { "mean": "(slang) Prostitution. (Now chiefly in on the game.)" }, { "mean": "(countable, informal, nearly always singular) A field of gainful activity, as an industry or profession.\nSynonym: line\nWhen it comes to making sales, John is the best in the game.\nHe's in the securities game somehow." }, { "mean": "(countable, figuratively) Something that resembles a game with rules, despite not being designed.\nIn the game of life, you may find yourself playing the waiting game far too often." }, { "mean": "(countable, military) An exercise simulating warfare, whether computerized or involving human participants.\nSynonym: wargame" }, { "mean": "(uncountable) wild animals hunted for food.\nThe forest has plenty of game." }, { "mean": "(uncountable, informal, used mostly of males) The ability to seduce someone, usually by strategy.\nHe didn't get anywhere with her because he had no game." }, { "mean": "(uncountable, slang) Mastery; the ability to excel at something." }, { "mean": "(countable) A questionable or unethical practice in pursuit of a goal.\nSynonyms: scheme, racket\nYou want to borrow my credit card for a week? What's your game?" } ] }, { "name": "Adjective", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "(colloquial) Willing and able to participate.\nSynonyms: sporting, willing, daring, disposed, favorable, nervy, courageous, valiant\nAntonyms: cautious, disinclined" }, { "mean": "(of an animal) That shows a tendency to continue to fight against another animal, despite being wounded, often severely." }, { "mean": "Persistent, especially in senses similar to the above." } ] }, { "name": "Verb", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "(intransitive) To gamble." }, { "mean": "(intransitive) To play card games, board games, or video games." }, { "mean": "(transitive) To exploit loopholes in a system or bureaucracy in a way which defeats or nullifies the spirit of the rules in effect, usually to obtain a result which otherwise would be unobtainable.\nWe'll bury them in paperwork, and game the system." }, { "mean": "(transitive, seduction community, slang, of males) To perform premeditated seduction strategy." } ] }, { "name": "Adjective_2", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "Injured, lame (of a limb).\naround 1900, O. Henry, Lost on Dress Parade\nYou come with me and we'll have a cozy dinner and a pleasant talk together, and by that time your game ankle will carry you home very nicely, I am sure.\"" } ] }, { "name": "See_also", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "game on Wikipedia.Wikipedia" } ] } ] }, "meanskor": { "etymologies": [ "", "" ], "typelist": [ { "name": "명사", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "", "submean": [ "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "" ] }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" } ] }, { "name": "형용사", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" } ] }, { "name": "동사.", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" } ] }, { "name": "형용사_2", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "" } ] }, { "name": "참고_참고", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "" } ] } ] } } }