gaming

Plural: gamings

Noun

• The activity of playing games, especially for money; gambling.
• the act of playing for stakes in the hope of winning (including the payment of a price for a chance to win a prize)
• The playing of a game.
• The playing of a game.
• Ellipsis of videogaming.
• The playing of a game.
• Synonym of gambling.
• Careful, strategic use of rules to achieve one's purposes, as one would use the rules of a game.

Verb

• place a bet on
• present participle and gerund of game

Examples

• GAMING strategies in Words With Friends involve both skill and luck.

Synonyms

back, bet on, gage, gambling, game, play, punt, stake

Related Words

game the system, game theory, gamifying, play games