Standard Lemma guide
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
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noun
A game about games.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
The exploitation of the rules etc. of some other game, at a higher level than simply playing the game normally; a game outside or peripheral to the actual gameplay.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
The conventions of a gaming community; the characters, weapons, techniques, etc, which are currently considered most viable in multiplayer gameplay, and the best practices for using them.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: video-games
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Synonyms: meta
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Of a roleplayer, to make use of knowledge while roleplaying that they learned out of character, which their character does not know; often considered a form of cheating.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: roleplaying games
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History
From meta- + game.
Across languages
5 source translations are retained for this English entry.
