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Definition of Gaming
1. Noun. The act of playing for stakes in the hope of winning (including the payment of a price for a chance to win a prize). "There was heavy play at the blackjack table"
Generic synonyms: Diversion, Recreation, Vice
Specialized synonyms: Sporting Life, Bet, Wager, Gambling Game, Game Of Chance, Throw
Derivative terms: Gamble, Game, Play, Play, Play, Play
Definition of Gaming
1. n. The act or practice of playing games for stakes or wagers; gambling.
Definition of Gaming
1. Verb. (present participle of game#Verb game) ¹
2. Noun. (gambling) The business of offering games of chance for money. ¹
3. Noun. (gaming) Playing a game with a video interface. ¹
4. Noun. Careful, strategic use of rules to achieve one's purposes, as one would use the rules of a game. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Gaming
1. the practice of gambling [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gaming
Literary usage of Gaming
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American State Reports: Containing the Cases of General Value and by Abraham Clark Freeman (1910)
"gaming DEVICES—Destruction Without Formal Petition.— Where gaming devices are
seized under a search-warrant issued by » justice of th« peace and are turned ..."
2. A Treatise on the Law of Crimes by William Lawrence Clark, William Lawrence Marshall, Herschel Bouton Lazell (1905)
"gaming and gaming Houses.—gaming is not an offense at common law; but a common
gaming house, to which the public may resort for the purpose of gaming, ..."
3. A Treatise on the Law of Injunctions by James Lambert High (1890)
"OF JUDGMENTS UPON gaming CONTRACTS. § 235. Courts inclined to enjoin judgments
on gaming contracts. 236. Defense should usually be made at law. § 235. ..."
4. Curiosities of Literature by Isaac Disraeli (1864)
"gaming appears to be a universal passion. Some have attempted to deny its ...
The fatal propensity of gaming is to be discovered, as well amongst the ..."
5. The American State Reports: Containing the Cases of General Value and by Abraham Clark Freeman (1910)
"gaming DEVICES—Destruction Without Formal Petition.— Where gaming devices are
seized under a search-warrant issued by » justice of th« peace and are turned ..."
6. A Treatise on the Law of Crimes by William Lawrence Clark, William Lawrence Marshall, Herschel Bouton Lazell (1905)
"gaming and gaming Houses.—gaming is not an offense at common law; but a common
gaming house, to which the public may resort for the purpose of gaming, ..."
7. A Treatise on the Law of Injunctions by James Lambert High (1890)
"OF JUDGMENTS UPON gaming CONTRACTS. § 235. Courts inclined to enjoin judgments
on gaming contracts. 236. Defense should usually be made at law. § 235. ..."
8. Curiosities of Literature by Isaac Disraeli (1864)
"gaming appears to be a universal passion. Some have attempted to deny its ...
The fatal propensity of gaming is to be discovered, as well amongst the ..."
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