gaming
noun/ˈɡeɪmɪŋ/
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Usually The playing of a game.
- […] 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 […]1678, Robert Barclay, An Apology for the True Christian Divinity:
- 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".2013 June 28, Tom Vanderbilt, “The lose-lose logic of the machine zone”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 3, page 29:
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Abbreviation, Ellipsis, Usually Ellipsis of videogaming.
› The playing of a game. › Ellipsis of videogaming.
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Internet, Usually 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.
› The playing of a game.
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Usually Synonym of gambling.
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Usually 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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antigaming, archaeogaming, back-seat gaming, board gaming, casual gaming, cybergaming, exergaming, gaming attendant, gaming board, gaming center, gaming chair, gaming computer, gaming console, gaming house, gaming machine, gaming pants, gaming purse, gaming table, heated gaming moment, metagaming, neurogaming, non-gaming, nongaming, pre-gaming, retro-gaming, retro gaming, retrogaming, telegaming, video gaming, wargaming- Related terms
- gamifying, game theory, game the system, play games