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GAMING
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The act of playing for stakes in the hope of winning (including the payment of a price for a chance to win a prize)
Example:
there was heavy play at the blackjack table
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("gaming" is a kind of...):
diversion; recreation (an activity that diverts or amuses or stimulates)
vice (a specific form of evildoing)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "gaming"):
sporting life (active interest in gambling on sports events)
bet; wager (the act of gambling)
gambling game; game of chance (a game that involves gambling)
throw (casting an object in order to determine an outcome randomly)
Derivation:
game (place a bet on)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
-ing form of the verb game
