gaming : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: gaming	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for gaming
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
gaming n the act of playing for stakes in the hope of winning (including the payment of a price for a chance to win a prize); "his gambling cost him a fortune"; "there was heavy play at the blackjack table" Synonym(s): gambling, gaming, play
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Gaming \Gam"ing\, n. The act or practice of playing games for stakes or wagers; gambling.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Game \Game\ (g[amac]m), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Gamed} (g[amac]md); p. pr. & vb. n. {Gaming}.] [OE. gamen, game[?]en, to rejoice, AS. gamenian to play. See {Game}, n.] 1. To rejoice; to be pleased; -- often used, in Old English, impersonally with dative. [Obs.] God loved he best with all his whole hearte At alle times, though him gamed or smarte. --Chaucer. 2. To play at any sport or diversion. 3. To play for a stake or prize; to use cards, dice, billiards, or other instruments, according to certain rules, with a view to win money or other thing waged upon the issue of the contest; to gamble.