game

noun

1. A playful or competitive activity. A playful activity that may be unstructured; an amusement or pastime.

   “Being a child is all fun and games.”

2. A playful activity that may be unstructured; an amusement or pastime.

   “Being a child is all fun and games.”

3. An activity described by a set of rules, especially for the purpose of entertainment, often competitive or having an explicit goal.

   “Games in the classroom can make learning fun.”

adjective

1. Willing and able to participate.

2. That shows a tendency to continue to fight against another animal, despite being wounded, often severely.

3. Persistent, especially in senses similar to the above.

verb

1. To gamble.

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

3. 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.”

4. To perform premeditated seduction strategy.

adjective

1. Injured, lame.