(gām) noun
1. Any contest undertaken for recreation or prizes, played according to rules, and depending on strength, skill, or luck to win.
2. plural Organized athletic contests.
3. Amusement: diversion; play.
4. Fun; sport.
5. A strategy; scheme; plan.
6. A proceeding conducted like a game: the game of diplomacy.
7. A set of equipment used in playing certain games, as backgammon or darts.
8. Success in a match: The game is ours.
9. The number of points required to win: Game is 100 points.
10. A definite portion of a match terminated by a victory or draw, as a game in bridge or tennis.
11. Manner or art of playing: He plays a poor game.
12. That which is hunted in a chase; prey.
13. Wild animals or birds, collectively, pursued or caught for sport or profit; also their flesh.
14. Any object of pursuit or attack: They were fair game for ridicule.
15. Pluck; spirit; intrepidity.
16. Slang A business; vocation; especially one involving risk: the advertising game. See synonyms under FROLIC.
—v. gamed, gam·ing v.i. To gamble at cards, dice, etc., for money or other stakes.
—v.t. To lose or squander by gambling: with away.
—adjective
1. Of or pertaining to hunted wild animals or their flesh.
2. Plucky; spirited; intrepid.
3. Ready; willing. [OE gamen]

(gām) adjective Colloq.
Lame or crooked: a game leg. [Origin uncertain]