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- Relating to the mechanics of a game.
- Using mechanics (the design and construction of machines): being a machine.
- (of a person) Acting as if one were a machine: lifeless or mindless.
- Related to mechanics (the branch of physics that deals with forces acting on matter).
- (figurative) As if performed by a machine: lifeless, mindless, thoughtless, automatic.
- Related to mechanics (the design and construction of machines).
- Done by machine.
- (informal) Handy with machines.
- relating to or concerned with machinery or tools
- relating to or governed by or in accordance with mechanics
- using (or as if using) mechanisms or tools or devices
noun
- (science fiction) A robot or mechanical creature.
- One who does manual labor, especially one who is similar to Shakespeare's rude mechanicals
- (cycling) An instance of equipment failure.
- (music) A stop on an organ that is operated by a hand or foot control rather than having to be manually set up in advance.
- (advertising) Manually created layout of artwork that is camera ready for photographic reproduction.
- (engineering) A mechanical engineer.
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- (uncountable) Practice of these particular games, or techniques used in them.
- (UK, Africa, Caribbean, South Asia, uncountable) Association football, also called soccer: a game in which two teams each contend to get a round ball into the other team's goal primarily by kicking the ball.
- (Australia, New Zealand) Any form of rugby.
- (US military slang, countable) The leather briefcase containing classified nuclear war plans which is always near the US President.
- (figuratively, countable) An item of discussion, particularly in a back-and-forth manner
- (chiefly New South Wales, Queensland, uncountable) rugby league.
- (Canada, uncountable) Canadian football: a game played on a field 110 yards long and 65 yards wide in which two teams of 12 players attempt to get an ovoid ball to the end of each other's territory.
- (Australia, Victoria, South Australia, Western Australia, Tasmania, Northern Territory, southern New South Wales, uncountable) Australian rules football.
- (other parts of, Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, uncountable) rugby union.
- (US, uncountable) American football: a game played on a field 100 yards long and 53 1/3 yards wide in which two teams of 11 players attempt to get an ovoid ball to the end of each other's territory.
- A sport played on foot in which teams attempt to get a ball into a goal or zone defended by the other team.
- (countable) The ball used in any game called "football".
- (Ireland, uncountable) Gaelic football: a field game played with similar rules to hurling, but using hands and feet rather than a stick, and a ball, similar to, yet smaller than a soccer ball.
- the inflated oblong ball used in playing American football
- any of various games played with a ball (round or oval) in which two teams try to kick or carry or propel the ball into each other's goal
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- Ellipsis of videogaming.
- The playing of a game.
- (Internet slang) Used in noun compounds to describe anything that is decorated in rainbow colors, in a parody of LED-equipped peripherals marketed as "gaming mice", etc.
- Synonym of gambling.
- Careful, strategic use of rules to achieve one's purposes, as one would use the rules of a game.
- the act of playing for stakes in the hope of winning (including the payment of a price for a chance to win a prize)
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- (by extension) A game, or games, with such mechanics.
- (video games) Game mechanics of unconventional or flawed design or implementation, and the experience of such mechanics, as to ruin or disrupt play, or break immersion; e.g. bugs and glitches.
- (computing) Perceptible pause in the smooth rendering of a software application's user interface due to slow operations or poor interface design.
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- any game designed to exercise the intellect
- (games) A game or puzzle involving logical thinking.
- deliberate actions of calculated psychological manipulation intended to intimidate or confuse (usually for competitive advantage)
- (psychology) An attempt at using psychological manipulation against someone, in order to confuse them.
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- (countable) A particular instance of playing a game.
- A playful activity that may be unstructured; an amusement or pastime.
- The number of points necessary to win a game.
- (UK, in the plural) A school subject during which sports are practised.
- One's manner, style, or performance in playing a game.
- (hip-hop, with the) The music industry.
- (countable, figuratively) Something that resembles a game with rules, despite not being designed.
- That which is gained, such as the stake in a game.
- (countable) A questionable or unethical practice in pursuit of a goal.
- (countable) The equipment that enables such activity, particularly as packaged under a title.
- (countable, military) An exercise simulating warfare, whether computerized or involving human participants.
- (countable) Ellipsis of video game.
- (countable, usually in the singular, informal) A field of gainful activity, as an industry or profession.
- (uncountable) Wild animals hunted for food.
- (uncountable, slang) Mastery; the ability to excel at something.
- (slang) Prostitution. (Now chiefly in on the game.)
- (countable) An activity described by a set of rules, especially for the purpose of entertainment, often competitive or having an explicit goal.
- (card games) In some games, a point awarded to the player whose cards add up to the largest sum.
- (uncountable, informal, used mostly for men) The ability to seduce or woo someone, usually by strategy.
- a single play of a sport or other contest
- a contest with rules to determine a winner
- the flesh of wild animals that is used for food
- frivolous or trifling behavior
- a secret scheme to do something (especially something underhand or illegal)
- the game equipment needed in order to play a particular game
- animal hunted for food or sport
- (tennis) a division of play during which one player serves
- an amusement or pastime
- (games) the score at a particular point or the score needed to win
- your occupation or line of work
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- (intransitive) To play card games, board games, or video games.
- (transitive) To exploit loopholes in a system or bureaucracy in a way which defeats or nullifies the spirit of the rules in effect, usually to obtain a result which otherwise would be unobtainable.
- (intransitive) To gamble.
- (transitive, seduction community, slang, of males) To perform premeditated seduction strategy.
- place a bet on
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- Any of several similar games played indoors or outdoors.
- (cricket) The action of propelling the ball towards the batsman.
- (gerund) The action of the verb bowl.
- (slang) A particular style of walking associated with urban street culture.
- A game played by rolling a ball down an alley and trying to knock over a triangular group of ten pins; tenpin bowling/fivepin bowling
- (New England) Candlepin bowling.
- (Ireland) Road bowling.
- (cricket) the act of delivering a cricket ball to the batsman
- a game in which balls are rolled at an object or group of objects with the aim of knocking them over or moving them
- the playing of a game of tenpins or duckpins etc
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- (intransitive, colloquial, roleplaying games, especially video games) To level up.
- (transitive, golf) To mishit (a golf ball).
- To dash; to throw violently.
- (intransitive) To make a high-pitched resonant sound like a bell.
- (transitive) To inflict minor damage upon, especially by hitting or striking.
- (transitive, colloquial) To fire or reject.
- (transitive) To hit or strike.
- (transitive, colloquial) To deduct, as points, from (somebody), in the manner of a penalty; to penalize.
- (transitive) To keep repeating; impress by reiteration, with reference to the monotonous striking of a bell.
- (Scotland, of rain) To fall heavily and continually, with great force.
- go ‘ding dong’, like a bell
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- (Western Australia, offensive, ethnic slur) an Italian person, specifically an Italian Australian
- An ancient Chinese vessel with legs and a lid.
- (informal) Very minor damage caused by being struck; a small dent or chip.
- (colloquial, roleplaying games, especially video games) The act of levelling up.
- The high-pitched resonant sound of a bell.
- (colloquial) A rejection.
- (Hong Kong) An indigenous inhabitant of the New Territories entitled to the building a village house under the Small House Policy.
- a ringing sound
- an impression in a surface (as made by a blow)
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- (intransitive, roleplaying games, video games) To progress to the next level.
- (transitive) To destroy by reducing to ground level; to raze.
- (transitive, figurative) To bring to a common level or plane, in respect of rank, condition, character, privilege, etc.
- (intransitive) To speak honestly and openly [with with ‘someone’] (see: level with).
- (transitive) To adjust so as to make as flat or perpendicular to the ground as possible.
- (transitive) To direct or impose (a penalty, fine, etc) at or upon (someone) [with on or against or at].
- (transitive) To aim or direct (a weapon, a stare, an accusation, etc).
- (intransitive, sports) To make the score of a game equal.
- (transitive) To adjust or adapt to a certain level.
- direct into a position for use
- talk frankly with; lay it on the line
- tear down so as to make flat with the ground
- aim at
- make level or straight
- become level or even
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- The same height at all places; parallel to a flat ground.
- Unvaried in volume.
- Unvaried in frequency.
- Straightforward; direct; clear.
- (phonetics) Of even tone; without rising or falling inflection; monotonic.
- In the same position or rank.
- Well balanced; even; just; steady; impartial.
- (physics) Perpendicular to a gravitational force.
- At the same height as some reference; constructed as level with.
- Calm.
- being on a precise horizontal plane
- oriented at right angles to the plumb
- of the score in a contest
- having a surface without slope, tilt in which no part is higher or lower than another
- not showing abrupt variations
noun
- A tool for finding whether a surface is level, or for creating a horizontal or vertical line of reference.
- (computer science) Distance from the root node of a tree structure.
- (British) An area of almost perfectly flat land.
- (video games) One of several discrete segments of a game, generally increasing in difficulty and representing different locations in the game world.
- A distance relative to a given reference elevation.
- (Singapore, education) A school grade or year.
- Degree or amount.
- (statistics) One of the specific values which may be taken by a categorical variable.
- Achievement or qualification.
- A floor of a multi-storey building.
- (roleplaying games, video games) A numeric value given to a character (or other element of a game) that represents its relative power, challenge or eligibility to do things, used as a game mechanic to govern progression through a game.
- indicator that establishes the horizontal when a bubble is centered in a tube of liquid
- a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process
- a position on a scale of intensity or amount or quality
- height above ground
- an abstract place usually conceived as having depth
- a flat surface at right angles to a plumb line
- a relative position or degree of value in a graded group
- a structure consisting of a room or set of rooms at a single position along a vertical scale
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- (video games, mostly role-playing games) Initialism of hit points / health points.
- Initialism of Houses of Parliament.
- Initialism of hire purchase.
- Initialism of Helicobacter pylori.
- Initialism of hydrogen peroxide.
- (Japan) Initialism of home page.
- (Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, South Korea) Initialism of handphone.
- Initialism of higher power.
- Initialism of horsepower.
- Initialism of horizontal pitch.
- a unit of power equal to 746 watts
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- Averse to work, labor or employment; lazy; slothful.
- Of no importance; useless; worthless; vain; trifling; thoughtless; silly.
- Not being used appropriately; not occupied; (of time) with no, no important, or not much activity.
- Not engaged in any occupation or employment; unemployed; inactive; doing nothing in particular.
- not having a job
- not in active use
- lacking a sense of restraint or responsibility
- silly or trivial
- not in action or at work
- without a basis in reason or fact
- not yielding a return
verb
- (intransitive) Of an engine: to run at a slow speed, or out of gear; to tick over.
- (transitive) To cause (an engine) to idle(3)
- (intransitive) To lose or spend time doing nothing, or without being employed in business.
- (transitive) To spend in idleness; to waste; to consume.
- be idle; exist in a changeless situation
- run disconnected or idle
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- (sports, video games, board games) A unit of scoring in a game or competition.
- An individual element in a larger whole; a particular detail, thought, or quality.
- Each of the marks or strokes written above letters, especially in Semitic languages, to indicate vowels, stress etc.
- (video games, board games) A unit of various numerical parameters used in a game, e.g. health, experience, stamina, mana.
- A purpose or objective, which makes something meaningful.
- Each of the main directions on a compass, usually considered to be 32 in number; a direction.
- (economics) A unit used to express differences in prices of stocks and shares.
- (music) A dot or mark used to designate certain tones or time. In ancient music, it distinguished or characterized certain tones or styles (points of perfection, of augmentation, etc.). In modern music, it is placed on the right of a note to raise its value, or prolong its time, by one half.
- (falconry) The perpendicular rising of a hawk over the place where its prey has gone into cover.
- Ellipsis of percentage point.
- A peninsula or promontory.
- (by extension) An operational or public leadership position in a risky endeavor.
- (UK) An electric power socket.
- (historical) A string or lace used to tie together certain garments.
- Ellipsis of point man.
- (archaeology) A spearhead or similar object hafted to a handle.
- (lacrosse, ice hockey, countable, uncountable) The position of the player of each side who stands a short distance in front of the goalkeeper.
- (now only in phrases) A tenth; formerly also a twelfth.
- (heraldry) One of the "corners" of the escutcheon: the base (bottom center) unless a qualifier is added (point dexter, point dexter base, point sinister, point sinister base), generally when separately tinctured. (Compare terrace, point champaine, enté en point.)
- (typography) A unit of measure equal to 1/12 of a pica, or approximately 1/72 of an inch (exactly 1/72 of an inch in the digital era).
- The attitude assumed by a pointer dog when he finds game.
- (UK) A unit of measure for rain, equal to 0.254 mm or 0.01 of an inch.
- (mathematics) A decimal point (now especially when reading decimal fractions aloud).
- (cricket, countable, uncountable) A fielding position square of the wicket on the off side, between gully and cover.
- (fencing) A movement executed with the sabre or foil.
- (mathematics, sciences) A zero-dimensional mathematical object representing a location in one or more dimensions; something considered to have position but no magnitude or direction.
- A particular moment in an event or occurrence; a juncture.
- A topic of discussion or debate; a proposition; a count
- A full stop or other terminal punctuation mark.
- Pointedness of speech or writing; a penetrating or decisive quality of expression.
- A tine or snag of an antler.
- (heraldry, by extension) An ordinary similar to a pile (but sometimes shorter), extending upward from the base. (Often termed a point pointed.)
- A focus of conversation or consideration; the main idea.
- (nautical) A short piece of cordage used in reefing sails.
- (usually in the plural) An area of contrasting colour on an animal, especially a dog; a marking.
- (by extension) A note; a tune.
- (navigation, nautical) A unit of bearing equal to one thirty-second of a circle, i.e. 11.25°.
- (hunting) A spot to which a straight run is made; hence, a straight run from point to point; a cross-country run.
- (nautical) The difference between two points of the compass.
- (automotive, chiefly in the plural) Either of the two metal surfaces in a distributor which close or open to allow or prevent the flow of current through the ignition coil. There is usually a moving point, pushed by the distributor cam, and a fixed point, and they are built together as a unit.
- Any projecting extremity of an object.
- (rail transport, UK, in the plural) A railroad switch.
- A distinguishing quality or characteristic.
- (baseball, countable, uncountable) The position of the pitcher and catcher.
- Lace worked by the needle.
- The gesture of extending the index finger in a direction in order to indicate something.
- The sharp tip of an object.
- A specific location or place, seen as a spatial position.
- The act of pointing, as of the foot downward in certain dance positions.
- (backgammon) Each of the twelve triangular positions in either table of a backgammon board, on which the stones are played.
- An object which has a sharp or tapering tip.
- The position at the front or vanguard of an advancing force.
- Something tiny, as a pinprick; a very small mark.
- a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process
- any of 32 horizontal directions indicated on the card of a compass
- a promontory extending out into a large body of water
- a linear unit used to measure the size of type; approximately 1/72 inch
- a wall socket
- the unit of counting in scoring a game or contest
- a V-shaped mark at one end of an arrow pointer
- an instant of time
- sharp end
- the dot at the left of a decimal fraction
- a brief version of the essential meaning of something
- one percent of the total principal of a loan; it is paid at the time the loan is made and is independent of the interest on the loan
- a geometric element that has position but no extension
- a distinguishing or individuating characteristic
- a style in speech or writing that arrests attention and has a penetrating or convincing quality or effect
- a V shape
- an outstanding characteristic
- a contact in the distributor; as the rotor turns its projecting arm contacts them and current flows to the spark plugs
- an isolated fact that is considered separately from the whole
- a punctuation mark (‘.’) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations
- the precise location of something; a spatially limited location
- a very small circular shape
- the property of a shape that tapers to a sharp tip
- the object of an activity
- a distinct part that can be specified separately in a group of things that could be enumerated on a list
- the gun muzzle's direction
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- (intransitive) To indicate a probability of something.
- (transitive, Internet) To direct requests sent to a domain name to the IP address corresponding to that domain name.
- (transitive) To direct or encourage (someone) in a particular direction.
- To give a point to; to sharpen; to cut, forge, grind, or file to an acute end.
- (transitive, computing) To direct the central processing unit to seek information at a certain location in memory.
- (transitive, mathematics) To separate an integer from a decimal with a decimal point.
- (ambitransitive, masonry) To repair mortar.
- (intransitive) To extend the index finger in the direction of something in order to show where it is or to draw attention to it.
- (stone-cutting) To cut, as a surface, with a pointed tool.
- (transitive, masonry) To fill up and finish the joints of (a wall), by introducing additional cement or mortar, and bringing it to a smooth surface.
- (intransitive, nautical) To sail close to the wind.
- (transitive, sometimes figurative) To direct toward an object; to aim.
- (intransitive, hunting) To indicate the presence of game by a fixed and steady look, as certain hunting dogs do.
- (medicine, of an abscess) To approximate to the surface; to head.
- (intransitive) To draw attention to something or indicate a direction.
- (transitive) To mark with diacritics.
- (intransitive) To face in a particular direction.
- be a signal for or a symptom of
- direct the course; determine the direction of travelling
- mark with diacritics
- be positionable in a specified manner
- sail close to the wind
- indicate the presence of (game) by standing and pointing with the muzzle
- direct into a position for use
- repair the joints of bricks
- mark (Hebrew words) with diacritics
- mark (a psalm text) to indicate the points at which the music changes
- indicate a place, direction, person, or thing; either spatially or figuratively
- give a point to
- intend (something) to move towards a certain goal
- be oriented
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noun
- something (especially a game) that is played again
- the immediate rebroadcast of some action (especially sports action) that has been recorded on videotape
- (sports) A replayed match, often after the first game or match ended in a draw; a rematch.
- An act or instance of replaying (of playing something, such as a game, again); a replaying of (something).
- A repetition of another event, scene, or occurrence; a recurrence or reenactment.
- A repeat or subsequent playing of some or all of something which was previously broadcast or performed, or a playing of something which was recorded, such as a live event or a television broadcast, the gameplay of a computer game, etc.
- A (video or audio) recording of an action or event that is or can be replayed after being recorded; saved video footage (which is, or can be, replayed) of the gameplay of a computer game, a (portion of a) televised sports match, etc.
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- (gaming) To operate cumulatively.
- (transitive, US, Australia, slang) To crash; to fall.
- (transitive, card games) To arrange the cards in a deck in a particular manner, especially for cheating.
- (transitive, by extension) To arrange or fix to obtain an advantage; to deliberately distort the composition of (an assembly, committee, etc.).
- (aviation, transitive) To place (aircraft) into a holding pattern.
- (transitive) To arrange in a stack, or to add to an existing stack.
- (transitive, poker) To take all the money another player currently has on the table.
- (printing) To have excessive ink transfer.
- (informal, intransitive) To collect precious metal in the form of various small objects such as coins and bars.
- load or cover with stacks
- arrange in stacks
- arrange the order of so as to increase one's winning chances
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- (video games) The quantity of a given item which fills up an inventory slot or bag.
- A smokestack.
- (military) A pile of rifles or muskets in a cone shape.
- (poker) The amount of money a player has on the table.
- (bodybuilding) A blend of various dietary supplements or anabolic steroids with supposed synergistic benefits.
- (geology) A coastal landform, consisting of a large vertical column of rock in the sea.
- A pile of wood containing 108 cubic feet. (~3 m³)
- (UK) A pile of poles or wood, indefinite in quantity.
- (computing, often with "the") A stack data structure stored in main memory that is manipulated during machine language procedure call related instructions.
- (Australia, slang) A fall or crash, a prang.
- A vertical drainpipe.
- A pile of similar objects, each directly on top of the last.
- (figuratively) A large amount of an object.
- (programming) A linear data structure in which items inserted are removed in reverse order (the last item inserted is the first one to be removed).
- (mathematics) A generalization of schemes in algebraic geometry and of sheaves.
- (aviation) A holding pattern, with aircraft circling one above the other as they wait to land.
- An extensive collection
- (library) Compactly spaced bookshelves used to house large collections of books.
- A large pile of hay, grain, straw, or the like, larger at the bottom than the top, sometimes covered with thatch.
- A combination of interdependent, yet individually replaceable, software components or technologies used together on a system.
- A number of flues embodied in one structure, rising above the roof.
- (networking) An implementation of a protocol suite (set of protocols forming a layered architecture).
- an orderly pile
- a storage device that handles data so that the next item to be retrieved is the item most recently stored (LIFO)
- a list in which the next item to be removed is the item most recently stored (LIFO)
- a large tall chimney through which combustion gases and smoke can be evacuated
- (often followed by ‘of’) a large number or amount or extent
noun
- One operating such a game.
- A game of skill which requires the bettor to guess under which of three small cups (or thimbles) a pea-sized object has been placed after the party operating the game rapidly rearranges them, providing opportunity for sleight-of-hand trickery; a shell game.
- a swindling sleight-of-hand game; victim guesses which of three things a pellet is under
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- (uncountable) Practice of these particular games, or techniques used in them.
- (UK, Africa, Caribbean, South Asia, uncountable) Association football, also called soccer: a game in which two teams each contend to get a round ball into the other team's goal primarily by kicking the ball.
- (Australia, New Zealand) Any form of rugby.
- (US military slang, countable) The leather briefcase containing classified nuclear war plans which is always near the US President.
- (figuratively, countable) An item of discussion, particularly in a back-and-forth manner
- (chiefly New South Wales, Queensland, uncountable) rugby league.
- (Canada, uncountable) Canadian football: a game played on a field 110 yards long and 65 yards wide in which two teams of 12 players attempt to get an ovoid ball to the end of each other's territory.
- (Australia, Victoria, South Australia, Western Australia, Tasmania, Northern Territory, southern New South Wales, uncountable) Australian rules football.
- (other parts of, Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, uncountable) rugby union.
- (US, uncountable) American football: a game played on a field 100 yards long and 53 1/3 yards wide in which two teams of 11 players attempt to get an ovoid ball to the end of each other's territory.
- A sport played on foot in which teams attempt to get a ball into a goal or zone defended by the other team.
- (countable) The ball used in any game called "football".
- (Ireland, uncountable) Gaelic football: a field game played with similar rules to hurling, but using hands and feet rather than a stick, and a ball, similar to, yet smaller than a soccer ball.
- the inflated oblong ball used in playing American football
- any of various games played with a ball (round or oval) in which two teams try to kick or carry or propel the ball into each other's goal
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- Ellipsis of videogaming.
- The playing of a game.
- (Internet slang) Used in noun compounds to describe anything that is decorated in rainbow colors, in a parody of LED-equipped peripherals marketed as "gaming mice", etc.
- Synonym of gambling.
- Careful, strategic use of rules to achieve one's purposes, as one would use the rules of a game.
- the act of playing for stakes in the hope of winning (including the payment of a price for a chance to win a prize)
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- (by extension) A game, or games, with such mechanics.
- (video games) Game mechanics of unconventional or flawed design or implementation, and the experience of such mechanics, as to ruin or disrupt play, or break immersion; e.g. bugs and glitches.
- (computing) Perceptible pause in the smooth rendering of a software application's user interface due to slow operations or poor interface design.
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- any game designed to exercise the intellect
- (games) A game or puzzle involving logical thinking.
- deliberate actions of calculated psychological manipulation intended to intimidate or confuse (usually for competitive advantage)
- (psychology) An attempt at using psychological manipulation against someone, in order to confuse them.
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- (countable) A particular instance of playing a game.
- A playful activity that may be unstructured; an amusement or pastime.
- The number of points necessary to win a game.
- (UK, in the plural) A school subject during which sports are practised.
- One's manner, style, or performance in playing a game.
- (hip-hop, with the) The music industry.
- (countable, figuratively) Something that resembles a game with rules, despite not being designed.
- That which is gained, such as the stake in a game.
- (countable) A questionable or unethical practice in pursuit of a goal.
- (countable) The equipment that enables such activity, particularly as packaged under a title.
- (countable, military) An exercise simulating warfare, whether computerized or involving human participants.
- (countable) Ellipsis of video game.
- (countable, usually in the singular, informal) A field of gainful activity, as an industry or profession.
- (uncountable) Wild animals hunted for food.
- (uncountable, slang) Mastery; the ability to excel at something.
- (slang) Prostitution. (Now chiefly in on the game.)
- (countable) An activity described by a set of rules, especially for the purpose of entertainment, often competitive or having an explicit goal.
- (card games) In some games, a point awarded to the player whose cards add up to the largest sum.
- (uncountable, informal, used mostly for men) The ability to seduce or woo someone, usually by strategy.
- a single play of a sport or other contest
- a contest with rules to determine a winner
- the flesh of wild animals that is used for food
- frivolous or trifling behavior
- a secret scheme to do something (especially something underhand or illegal)
- the game equipment needed in order to play a particular game
- animal hunted for food or sport
- (tennis) a division of play during which one player serves
- an amusement or pastime
- (games) the score at a particular point or the score needed to win
- your occupation or line of work
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- (intransitive) To play card games, board games, or video games.
- (transitive) To exploit loopholes in a system or bureaucracy in a way which defeats or nullifies the spirit of the rules in effect, usually to obtain a result which otherwise would be unobtainable.
- (intransitive) To gamble.
- (transitive, seduction community, slang, of males) To perform premeditated seduction strategy.
- place a bet on
noun
- Any of several similar games played indoors or outdoors.
- (cricket) The action of propelling the ball towards the batsman.
- (gerund) The action of the verb bowl.
- (slang) A particular style of walking associated with urban street culture.
- A game played by rolling a ball down an alley and trying to knock over a triangular group of ten pins; tenpin bowling/fivepin bowling
- (New England) Candlepin bowling.
- (Ireland) Road bowling.
- (cricket) the act of delivering a cricket ball to the batsman
- a game in which balls are rolled at an object or group of objects with the aim of knocking them over or moving them
- the playing of a game of tenpins or duckpins etc
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noun
- (video games, mostly role-playing games) Initialism of hit points / health points.
- Initialism of Houses of Parliament.
- Initialism of hire purchase.
- Initialism of Helicobacter pylori.
- Initialism of hydrogen peroxide.
- (Japan) Initialism of home page.
- (Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, South Korea) Initialism of handphone.
- Initialism of higher power.
- Initialism of horsepower.
- Initialism of horizontal pitch.
- a unit of power equal to 746 watts
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adj
- Averse to work, labor or employment; lazy; slothful.
- Of no importance; useless; worthless; vain; trifling; thoughtless; silly.
- Not being used appropriately; not occupied; (of time) with no, no important, or not much activity.
- Not engaged in any occupation or employment; unemployed; inactive; doing nothing in particular.
- not having a job
- not in active use
- lacking a sense of restraint or responsibility
- silly or trivial
- not in action or at work
- without a basis in reason or fact
- not yielding a return
verb
- (intransitive) Of an engine: to run at a slow speed, or out of gear; to tick over.
- (transitive) To cause (an engine) to idle(3)
- (intransitive) To lose or spend time doing nothing, or without being employed in business.
- (transitive) To spend in idleness; to waste; to consume.
- be idle; exist in a changeless situation
- run disconnected or idle
noun
- (sports, video games, board games) A unit of scoring in a game or competition.
- An individual element in a larger whole; a particular detail, thought, or quality.
- Each of the marks or strokes written above letters, especially in Semitic languages, to indicate vowels, stress etc.
- (video games, board games) A unit of various numerical parameters used in a game, e.g. health, experience, stamina, mana.
- A purpose or objective, which makes something meaningful.
- Each of the main directions on a compass, usually considered to be 32 in number; a direction.
- (economics) A unit used to express differences in prices of stocks and shares.
- (music) A dot or mark used to designate certain tones or time. In ancient music, it distinguished or characterized certain tones or styles (points of perfection, of augmentation, etc.). In modern music, it is placed on the right of a note to raise its value, or prolong its time, by one half.
- (falconry) The perpendicular rising of a hawk over the place where its prey has gone into cover.
- Ellipsis of percentage point.
- A peninsula or promontory.
- (by extension) An operational or public leadership position in a risky endeavor.
- (UK) An electric power socket.
- (historical) A string or lace used to tie together certain garments.
- Ellipsis of point man.
- (archaeology) A spearhead or similar object hafted to a handle.
- (lacrosse, ice hockey, countable, uncountable) The position of the player of each side who stands a short distance in front of the goalkeeper.
- (now only in phrases) A tenth; formerly also a twelfth.
- (heraldry) One of the "corners" of the escutcheon: the base (bottom center) unless a qualifier is added (point dexter, point dexter base, point sinister, point sinister base), generally when separately tinctured. (Compare terrace, point champaine, enté en point.)
- (typography) A unit of measure equal to 1/12 of a pica, or approximately 1/72 of an inch (exactly 1/72 of an inch in the digital era).
- The attitude assumed by a pointer dog when he finds game.
- (UK) A unit of measure for rain, equal to 0.254 mm or 0.01 of an inch.
- (mathematics) A decimal point (now especially when reading decimal fractions aloud).
- (cricket, countable, uncountable) A fielding position square of the wicket on the off side, between gully and cover.
- (fencing) A movement executed with the sabre or foil.
- (mathematics, sciences) A zero-dimensional mathematical object representing a location in one or more dimensions; something considered to have position but no magnitude or direction.
- A particular moment in an event or occurrence; a juncture.
- A topic of discussion or debate; a proposition; a count
- A full stop or other terminal punctuation mark.
- Pointedness of speech or writing; a penetrating or decisive quality of expression.
- A tine or snag of an antler.
- (heraldry, by extension) An ordinary similar to a pile (but sometimes shorter), extending upward from the base. (Often termed a point pointed.)
- A focus of conversation or consideration; the main idea.
- (nautical) A short piece of cordage used in reefing sails.
- (usually in the plural) An area of contrasting colour on an animal, especially a dog; a marking.
- (by extension) A note; a tune.
- (navigation, nautical) A unit of bearing equal to one thirty-second of a circle, i.e. 11.25°.
- (hunting) A spot to which a straight run is made; hence, a straight run from point to point; a cross-country run.
- (nautical) The difference between two points of the compass.
- (automotive, chiefly in the plural) Either of the two metal surfaces in a distributor which close or open to allow or prevent the flow of current through the ignition coil. There is usually a moving point, pushed by the distributor cam, and a fixed point, and they are built together as a unit.
- Any projecting extremity of an object.
- (rail transport, UK, in the plural) A railroad switch.
- A distinguishing quality or characteristic.
- (baseball, countable, uncountable) The position of the pitcher and catcher.
- Lace worked by the needle.
- The gesture of extending the index finger in a direction in order to indicate something.
- The sharp tip of an object.
- A specific location or place, seen as a spatial position.
- The act of pointing, as of the foot downward in certain dance positions.
- (backgammon) Each of the twelve triangular positions in either table of a backgammon board, on which the stones are played.
- An object which has a sharp or tapering tip.
- The position at the front or vanguard of an advancing force.
- Something tiny, as a pinprick; a very small mark.
- a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process
- any of 32 horizontal directions indicated on the card of a compass
- a promontory extending out into a large body of water
- a linear unit used to measure the size of type; approximately 1/72 inch
- a wall socket
- the unit of counting in scoring a game or contest
- a V-shaped mark at one end of an arrow pointer
- an instant of time
- sharp end
- the dot at the left of a decimal fraction
- a brief version of the essential meaning of something
- one percent of the total principal of a loan; it is paid at the time the loan is made and is independent of the interest on the loan
- a geometric element that has position but no extension
- a distinguishing or individuating characteristic
- a style in speech or writing that arrests attention and has a penetrating or convincing quality or effect
- a V shape
- an outstanding characteristic
- a contact in the distributor; as the rotor turns its projecting arm contacts them and current flows to the spark plugs
- an isolated fact that is considered separately from the whole
- a punctuation mark (‘.’) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations
- the precise location of something; a spatially limited location
- a very small circular shape
- the property of a shape that tapers to a sharp tip
- the object of an activity
- a distinct part that can be specified separately in a group of things that could be enumerated on a list
- the gun muzzle's direction
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verb
- (intransitive) To indicate a probability of something.
- (transitive, Internet) To direct requests sent to a domain name to the IP address corresponding to that domain name.
- (transitive) To direct or encourage (someone) in a particular direction.
- To give a point to; to sharpen; to cut, forge, grind, or file to an acute end.
- (transitive, computing) To direct the central processing unit to seek information at a certain location in memory.
- (transitive, mathematics) To separate an integer from a decimal with a decimal point.
- (ambitransitive, masonry) To repair mortar.
- (intransitive) To extend the index finger in the direction of something in order to show where it is or to draw attention to it.
- (stone-cutting) To cut, as a surface, with a pointed tool.
- (transitive, masonry) To fill up and finish the joints of (a wall), by introducing additional cement or mortar, and bringing it to a smooth surface.
- (intransitive, nautical) To sail close to the wind.
- (transitive, sometimes figurative) To direct toward an object; to aim.
- (intransitive, hunting) To indicate the presence of game by a fixed and steady look, as certain hunting dogs do.
- (medicine, of an abscess) To approximate to the surface; to head.
- (intransitive) To draw attention to something or indicate a direction.
- (transitive) To mark with diacritics.
- (intransitive) To face in a particular direction.
- be a signal for or a symptom of
- direct the course; determine the direction of travelling
- mark with diacritics
- be positionable in a specified manner
- sail close to the wind
- indicate the presence of (game) by standing and pointing with the muzzle
- direct into a position for use
- repair the joints of bricks
- mark (Hebrew words) with diacritics
- mark (a psalm text) to indicate the points at which the music changes
- indicate a place, direction, person, or thing; either spatially or figuratively
- give a point to
- intend (something) to move towards a certain goal
- be oriented
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verb
noun
- something (especially a game) that is played again
- the immediate rebroadcast of some action (especially sports action) that has been recorded on videotape
- (sports) A replayed match, often after the first game or match ended in a draw; a rematch.
- An act or instance of replaying (of playing something, such as a game, again); a replaying of (something).
- A repetition of another event, scene, or occurrence; a recurrence or reenactment.
- A repeat or subsequent playing of some or all of something which was previously broadcast or performed, or a playing of something which was recorded, such as a live event or a television broadcast, the gameplay of a computer game, etc.
- A (video or audio) recording of an action or event that is or can be replayed after being recorded; saved video footage (which is, or can be, replayed) of the gameplay of a computer game, a (portion of a) televised sports match, etc.
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phrase
verb
noun
- One operating such a game.
- A game of skill which requires the bettor to guess under which of three small cups (or thimbles) a pea-sized object has been placed after the party operating the game rapidly rearranges them, providing opportunity for sleight-of-hand trickery; a shell game.
- a swindling sleight-of-hand game; victim guesses which of three things a pellet is under
verb
verb
- (intransitive, colloquial, roleplaying games, especially video games) To level up.
- (transitive, golf) To mishit (a golf ball).
- To dash; to throw violently.
- (intransitive) To make a high-pitched resonant sound like a bell.
- (transitive) To inflict minor damage upon, especially by hitting or striking.
- (transitive, colloquial) To fire or reject.
- (transitive) To hit or strike.
- (transitive, colloquial) To deduct, as points, from (somebody), in the manner of a penalty; to penalize.
- (transitive) To keep repeating; impress by reiteration, with reference to the monotonous striking of a bell.
- (Scotland, of rain) To fall heavily and continually, with great force.
- go ‘ding dong’, like a bell
noun
- (Western Australia, offensive, ethnic slur) an Italian person, specifically an Italian Australian
- An ancient Chinese vessel with legs and a lid.
- (informal) Very minor damage caused by being struck; a small dent or chip.
- (colloquial, roleplaying games, especially video games) The act of levelling up.
- The high-pitched resonant sound of a bell.
- (colloquial) A rejection.
- (Hong Kong) An indigenous inhabitant of the New Territories entitled to the building a village house under the Small House Policy.
- a ringing sound
- an impression in a surface (as made by a blow)
verb
- (intransitive, roleplaying games, video games) To progress to the next level.
- (transitive) To destroy by reducing to ground level; to raze.
- (transitive, figurative) To bring to a common level or plane, in respect of rank, condition, character, privilege, etc.
- (intransitive) To speak honestly and openly [with with ‘someone’] (see: level with).
- (transitive) To adjust so as to make as flat or perpendicular to the ground as possible.
- (transitive) To direct or impose (a penalty, fine, etc) at or upon (someone) [with on or against or at].
- (transitive) To aim or direct (a weapon, a stare, an accusation, etc).
- (intransitive, sports) To make the score of a game equal.
- (transitive) To adjust or adapt to a certain level.
- direct into a position for use
- talk frankly with; lay it on the line
- tear down so as to make flat with the ground
- aim at
- make level or straight
- become level or even
adj
- The same height at all places; parallel to a flat ground.
- Unvaried in volume.
- Unvaried in frequency.
- Straightforward; direct; clear.
- (phonetics) Of even tone; without rising or falling inflection; monotonic.
- In the same position or rank.
- Well balanced; even; just; steady; impartial.
- (physics) Perpendicular to a gravitational force.
- At the same height as some reference; constructed as level with.
- Calm.
- being on a precise horizontal plane
- oriented at right angles to the plumb
- of the score in a contest
- having a surface without slope, tilt in which no part is higher or lower than another
- not showing abrupt variations
noun
- A tool for finding whether a surface is level, or for creating a horizontal or vertical line of reference.
- (computer science) Distance from the root node of a tree structure.
- (British) An area of almost perfectly flat land.
- (video games) One of several discrete segments of a game, generally increasing in difficulty and representing different locations in the game world.
- A distance relative to a given reference elevation.
- (Singapore, education) A school grade or year.
- Degree or amount.
- (statistics) One of the specific values which may be taken by a categorical variable.
- Achievement or qualification.
- A floor of a multi-storey building.
- (roleplaying games, video games) A numeric value given to a character (or other element of a game) that represents its relative power, challenge or eligibility to do things, used as a game mechanic to govern progression through a game.
- indicator that establishes the horizontal when a bubble is centered in a tube of liquid
- a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process
- a position on a scale of intensity or amount or quality
- height above ground
- an abstract place usually conceived as having depth
- a flat surface at right angles to a plumb line
- a relative position or degree of value in a graded group
- a structure consisting of a room or set of rooms at a single position along a vertical scale
verb
- (gaming) To operate cumulatively.
- (transitive, US, Australia, slang) To crash; to fall.
- (transitive, card games) To arrange the cards in a deck in a particular manner, especially for cheating.
- (transitive, by extension) To arrange or fix to obtain an advantage; to deliberately distort the composition of (an assembly, committee, etc.).
- (aviation, transitive) To place (aircraft) into a holding pattern.
- (transitive) To arrange in a stack, or to add to an existing stack.
- (transitive, poker) To take all the money another player currently has on the table.
- (printing) To have excessive ink transfer.
- (informal, intransitive) To collect precious metal in the form of various small objects such as coins and bars.
- load or cover with stacks
- arrange in stacks
- arrange the order of so as to increase one's winning chances
noun
- (video games) The quantity of a given item which fills up an inventory slot or bag.
- A smokestack.
- (military) A pile of rifles or muskets in a cone shape.
- (poker) The amount of money a player has on the table.
- (bodybuilding) A blend of various dietary supplements or anabolic steroids with supposed synergistic benefits.
- (geology) A coastal landform, consisting of a large vertical column of rock in the sea.
- A pile of wood containing 108 cubic feet. (~3 m³)
- (UK) A pile of poles or wood, indefinite in quantity.
- (computing, often with "the") A stack data structure stored in main memory that is manipulated during machine language procedure call related instructions.
- (Australia, slang) A fall or crash, a prang.
- A vertical drainpipe.
- A pile of similar objects, each directly on top of the last.
- (figuratively) A large amount of an object.
- (programming) A linear data structure in which items inserted are removed in reverse order (the last item inserted is the first one to be removed).
- (mathematics) A generalization of schemes in algebraic geometry and of sheaves.
- (aviation) A holding pattern, with aircraft circling one above the other as they wait to land.
- An extensive collection
- (library) Compactly spaced bookshelves used to house large collections of books.
- A large pile of hay, grain, straw, or the like, larger at the bottom than the top, sometimes covered with thatch.
- A combination of interdependent, yet individually replaceable, software components or technologies used together on a system.
- A number of flues embodied in one structure, rising above the roof.
- (networking) An implementation of a protocol suite (set of protocols forming a layered architecture).
- an orderly pile
- a storage device that handles data so that the next item to be retrieved is the item most recently stored (LIFO)
- a list in which the next item to be removed is the item most recently stored (LIFO)
- a large tall chimney through which combustion gases and smoke can be evacuated
- (often followed by ‘of’) a large number or amount or extent
adj
- Relating to the mechanics of a game.
- Using mechanics (the design and construction of machines): being a machine.
- (of a person) Acting as if one were a machine: lifeless or mindless.
- Related to mechanics (the branch of physics that deals with forces acting on matter).
- (figurative) As if performed by a machine: lifeless, mindless, thoughtless, automatic.
- Related to mechanics (the design and construction of machines).
- Done by machine.
- (informal) Handy with machines.
- relating to or concerned with machinery or tools
- relating to or governed by or in accordance with mechanics
- using (or as if using) mechanisms or tools or devices
noun
- (science fiction) A robot or mechanical creature.
- One who does manual labor, especially one who is similar to Shakespeare's rude mechanicals
- (cycling) An instance of equipment failure.
- (music) A stop on an organ that is operated by a hand or foot control rather than having to be manually set up in advance.
- (advertising) Manually created layout of artwork that is camera ready for photographic reproduction.
- (engineering) A mechanical engineer.