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gaming Synonyms & Antonyms

/ˈɡeɪmɪŋ/

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Gaming as a Verb

1

present participle and gerund of game

2

To gamble.

3

To play card games, board games, or video games.

4

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.

We'll bury them in paperwork, and game the system.

5

(of males) To perform premeditated seduction strategy.

Gaming as a Noun

1

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. Synonym of gambling.

2

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.

3

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.

4

Synonym of gambling.

5

Careful, strategic use of rules to achieve one's purposes, as one would use the rules of a game.

6

The playing of a game or games, including but not limited to video games and games of chance.

Gaming in a Sentence

We'll bury them in paperwork, and game the system.

Word Forms & Grammar

gaming

gaming (usually uncountable, plural gamings)

Words That Rhyme With Gaming

Gaming in Brief

Part of speechverb, noun
Pronunciation/ˈɡeɪmɪŋ/
Meaningpresent participle and gerund of game
Pluralgamings