adj
Meaning 1
Having the smell, taste and texture of game meat.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
gamey
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/ˈɡeɪmi/
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rhymes with -eɪmi
adj
Meaning 2
Plucky, spirited or gritty.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 3
Risque, sordid or sexually suggestive.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 4
Involving in-game actions or behaviour that break immersion or contradict common sense in favour of exploiting game mechanics.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: games, gaming
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 5
willing to face danger
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: game, gamy, gritty, mettlesome, spirited, spunky
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 6
(used of the smell of meat) smelling spoiled or tainted
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: gamy, high
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 7
suggestive of sexual impropriety
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a blue movie
- blue jokes
- he skips asterisks and gives you the gamy details
- a juicy scandal
- a naughty wink
- naughty words
- racy anecdotes
- a risque story
- spicy gossip
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: blue, gamy, juicy, naughty, racy, risque, spicy
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *gamaną Proto-West Germanic *gaman Old English gamen Middle English game English game Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English gamey From game + -y.
Across languages
Translations
22 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: дивечов (divečov) — having the smell, taste and texture of game
- French: faisandé — having the smell, taste and texture of game
- Georgian: ნადირის სუნის მქონე (nadiris sunis mkone) — having the smell, taste and texture of game
- German: Wild- — having the smell, taste and texture of game
- Indonesian: prengus — having the smell, taste and texture of game
- Italian: selvatico — having the smell, taste and texture of game
- Polish: o posmaku dziczyzny — having the smell, taste and texture of game
- Romanian: ca de vânat — having the smell, taste and texture of game
- Romanian: ca vânatul — having the smell, taste and texture of game
- Czech: kurážný — plucky, spirited or gritty
- German: gewagt — plucky, spirited or gritty
- Polish: dzielny — plucky, spirited or gritty
- Polish: odważny — plucky, spirited or gritty
- Polish: śmiały — plucky, spirited or gritty
- Bulgarian: пикантен (pikanten) — risque, sordid or sexually suggestive
- Czech: vyzývavý — risque, sordid or sexually suggestive
- Georgian: თამამი (tamami) — risque, sordid or sexually suggestive
- German: gewagt — risque, sordid or sexually suggestive
- Polish: niecenzuralny — risque, sordid or sexually suggestive
- Polish: pikantny — risque, sordid or sexually suggestive
- Polish: wyzywający — risque, sordid or sexually suggestive
- Polish: growy — behaviour that breaks immersion in games