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gaming

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See also: Gaming

English

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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gaming

  1. present participle and gerund of game

Noun

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gaming (usually uncountable, plural gamings)

  1. The playing of a game.
    • 1678, Robert Barclay, An Apology for the True Christian Divinity:
      [] 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 []
    • 2013 June 28, Tom Vanderbilt, “The lose-lose logic of the machine zone”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 3, page 29:
      The US gaming industry, in a pamphlet called Demystifying Slot Machines […], argues that "slot manufacturers need to build devices for a society with a decreasing attention span and an increasing demand for exciting, fast-paced entertainment, all in a marketplace overflowing with competing entertainment options".
    1. Ellipsis of videogaming.
      1. (Internet slang) 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.
    2. Synonym of gambling.
  2. Careful, strategic use of rules to achieve one's purposes, as one would use the rules of a game.

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Russian: ге́йминг (géjming)

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Anagrams

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Cebuano

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Etymology

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gamay +‎ -ing

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: ga‧ming

Verb

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gaming

  1. to shrink in size or quantity

Adjective

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gaming

  1. small, little

Spanish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English gaming

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈɡeimin/ [ˈɡei̯.mĩn]
  • Rhymes: -eimin
  • Syllabification: ga‧ming

Noun

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gaming m (uncountable)

  1. gaming (video gaming)