nim
showdown
cutthroat
hot potato
musical chairs
shootout
hand-for-hand
setter
beano
lotto
bingo
keno
Kim's Game
all fours
duplicate
dicebox
drop-in/drop-out
pick-up sticks
Baker's Dozen
billiards
tiddlywink
squeeze
trick
twenty-five
riffle
bando
roulette
pass the parcel
salugi
frame ball
ragman
sweat-cloth
monte
sit out
Old Maid
game equipment
freezeout
three-card monte
Slobberhannes
final
backgammon
Twister
nightcap
tile
fan-tan
cat and rat
allumette
cat and mouse
statues
mahjong
Virginia reel
sic bo
wheel
monkey in the middle
carpetball
keep-away
shoe
roulette wheel
replay
pai gow
spillikins
squeak
muggins
matchbox
pig
game
chuck-a-luck
set
going to Jerusalem
nerts
tick-tack-toe
ticktacktoe
tit-tat-toe
écarté
Napoleon
ticktacktoo
decklist
ring toss
booster
bingolike
noughts and crosses
fizz-buzz
counter
nap
tic-tac-toe
tunnelball
trey
hand
empty the bench
hunt the slipper
cue ball
deal
piggy in the middle
aftercast
charades
Michigan
Chicago
bubble
duplicate
bingolike
nim
showdown
cutthroat
hot potato
musical chairs
shootout
hand-for-hand
setter
beano
lotto
bingo
keno
all fours
dicebox
drop-in/drop-out
pick-up sticks
Baker's Dozen
billiards
tiddlywink
squeeze
trick
twenty-five
bando
roulette
pass the parcel
salugi
frame ball
ragman
sweat-cloth
monte
Old Maid
game equipment
freezeout
three-card monte
Slobberhannes
final
backgammon
nightcap
tile
fan-tan
cat and rat
allumette
cat and mouse
statues
mahjong
Virginia reel
sic bo
wheel
monkey in the middle
carpetball
keep-away
shoe
roulette wheel
pai gow
spillikins
muggins
matchbox
pig
game
chuck-a-luck
set
going to Jerusalem
nerts
tick-tack-toe
ticktacktoe
tit-tat-toe
écarté
Napoleon
ticktacktoo
decklist
ring toss
booster
noughts and crosses
fizz-buzz
counter
nap
tic-tac-toe
tunnelball
trey
hand
hunt the slipper
cue ball
deal
piggy in the middle
aftercast
charades
Michigan
Chicago
bubble
riffle
sit out
replay
squeak
empty the bench
noun
- A children's game in which players circle a group of chairs. There is one chair fewer than the number of players. When someone who is not watching stops playing music, everybody sits down, and the player left without a chair is eliminated.
- Any activity which results in repeated, pointless shuffling of people or objects.
noun
- A game or match that lasts a certain number of sets.
- One who sets something, such as a challenge or an examination.
- A function used to modify the value of some property of an object, contrasted with the getter.
- The player who is responsible for setting, or passing, the ball to teammates for an attack.
- A long-haired breed of gundog.
- One who hunts victims for sharpers.
- A typesetter.
- One who adapts words to music in composition.
- A shallow seggar for porcelain.
verb
adj
- In which the hands of cards, tiles, etc. are preserved between rounds to be played again by other players.
- Being the same as another; identical, often having been copied from an original.
verb
noun
- One that resembles or corresponds to another; an identical copy.
- A pawnbroker's ticket, which must be shown when redeeming a pledged item.
- The game of duplicate bridge.
- The game of duplicate Scrabble.
- A biological specimen that was gathered alongside another specimen and represents the same species.
- An original instrument repeated; a document which is the same as another in all essential particulars, and differing from a mere copy in having all the validity of an original
noun
- A play that forces an opponent to discard a card that gives up one or more tricks.
- The act of bunting in an attempt to score a runner from third.
- An instance of squeezing.
- A close or tight fit.
- The gradual closing of workings by the weight of the overlying strata.
- An illicit alcoholic drink made by squeezing Sterno through cheesecloth, etc., and mixing the result with fruit juice.
- A difficult position.
- A moulding, cast or other impression of an object, chiefly a design, inscription etc., especially by pressing wet paper onto the surface and peeling off when dry.
- A traversal of a narrow passage.
- A romantic partner.
- A hug or other affectionate grasp.
verb
- To put in a difficult position by presenting two or more choices.
- To attempt to score a runner from third by bunting.
- To remove something with difficulty, or apparent difficulty.
- To embrace closely; to give a tight hug to.
- To oppress with hardships, burdens, or taxes; to harass.
- To apply pressure to from two or more sides at once.
- To fit into a tight place.
noun
- A sequence in which each player plays a card and a winning play is determined.
- A sex act, chiefly one performed for payment; an act of prostitution.
- A daily period of work, especially in shift-based jobs.
- Something designed to fool or swindle.
- A term of abuse.
- A knot, braid, or plait of hair.
- A customer or client of a prostitute.
- A toy; a trifle; a plaything.
- A single element of a magician's (or any variety entertainer's) act; a magic trick.
- An effective, clever or quick way of doing something.
- A sailor's spell of work at the helm, usually two hours long.
- Mischievous or annoying behavior; a prank.
- An entertaining difficult physical action.
adj
verb
verb
- To shuffle playing cards by separating the deck in two and sliding the thumbs along the edges of the cards to mix the two parts.
- To ruffle with a rippling action.
- To skim or flick through the pages of a book.
- To flow over a swift, shallow part of a stream.
- To leaf through rapidly.
- To idly manipulate objects with the fingers.
- To prepare samples of material using a riffler.
noun
- A succession of small waves.
- A swift, shallow part of a stream causing broken water.
- A quick skim through the pages of a book.
- A trough or sluice having cleats, grooves, or steps across the bottom for holding quicksilver and catching particles of gold when auriferous earth is washed. Also one of the cleats, grooves or steps in such trough.
- In seal engraving, a small metal disc at the end of a tool.
- The act of shuffling cards; the sound made while shuffling cards.
noun
- A children's game in which a parcel having many layers of packaging is passed from person to person around a ring while music plays, the person holding the parcel when the music is temporarily stopped being allowed to remove a single layer, and the person removing the innermost layer winning the prize contained within; in a variation of the game, there is a prize under each layer that is awarded to the person removing that layer.
- a situation in which the ownership of something changes frequently.
verb
- To be away from the table in the midst of an ongoing game, thus automatically placing one's forced bets and otherwise folding every hand when it is one's time to act.
- To decline to participate; particularly, to decline to dance.
- To lean out to the windward side of a sailboat in order to counterbalance the effects of the wind on the sails.
- To escape a hold while face down by swinging one's legs around into the sitting position.
- To await the cessation of, without taking part.
noun
- A tournament in which players are gradually eliminated and the last remaining player wins everything gambled.
- Any situation in which the motion of a system of particles ceases.
- A kind of merger by which one or more shareholders who collectively hold a majority of shares in a corporation gain ownership of remaining shares in that corporation.
noun
- The last round, game or match in a contest, after which the winner is determined.
- A final examination; a test or examination given at the end of a term or class; the test that concludes a class.
- A final examination taken at the end of the final year of an undergraduate course, which contributes towards a student's degree classification.
- The tonic or keynote of a Gregorian mode, and hence the final note of any conventional melody played in that mode.
- The final part of a syllable, the combination of medial and rime in phonetics and phonology.
adj
noun
- Any of various flat cuboid playing pieces used in certain games, such as dominoes, Scrabble, or mahjong.
- A regularly-shaped slab of clay or other material, affixed to cover or decorate a surface, as in a roof-tile, glazed tile, stove tile, carpet tile, etc.
- A rectangular graphic.
verb
- To seal a lodge against intrusions from unauthorised people.
- To protect from the intrusion of the uninitiated.
- To arrange in a regular pattern, with adjoining edges (applied to tile-like objects, graphics, windows in a computer interface).
- To optimize (a loop in program code) by means of the tiling technique.
- To cover with tiles.
noun
- A card game in which the cards are played in sequences upon the table, and the winner is the first player to have no cards left.
- A Chinese gambling game in which coins or other small objects are placed upon a table, usually under a cup, and the players bet as to what remainder will be left when the sum of the counters is divided by four.
noun
- A solitaire card game using two mixed decks of playing cards, and in which the foundations are built up by suit in intervals of three.
- A kind of rollercoaster characterized by spinning circular "tubs" that zigzag down a flat-bottomed track.
- An English country dance dating from the 17th century, popular in America between 1830 and 1890.
noun
- game equipment consisting of a wheel with slots that is used for gambling; the wheel rotates horizontally and players bet on which slot the roulette ball will stop in
- a simple machine consisting of a circular frame with spokes (or a solid disc) that can rotate on a shaft or axle (as in vehicles or other machines)
- a handwheel that is used for steering
- forces that provide energy and direction
- a circular helm to control the rudder of a vessel
- an instrument of torture that stretches or disjoints or mutilates victims
- a wheeled vehicle that has two wheels and is moved by foot pedals
verb
noun
- A device for holding multiple decks of playing cards, allowing more games to be played by reducing the time between shuffles.
- The outer cover or tread of a pneumatic tire, especially for an automobile.
- A band of iron or steel, or a ship of wood, fastened to the bottom of the runner of a sleigh, or any vehicle which slides on the snow.
- A pneumatic tire, especially for an automobile.
- A piece of metal designed to be attached to a horse's foot as a means of protection; a horseshoe.
- A protective covering for the foot, with a bottom part composed of thick leather or plastic sole and often a thicker heel, and a softer upper part made of leather or synthetic material. Shoes generally do not extend above the ankle, as opposed to boots, which do.
- Part of a current collector on electric trains which provides contact either with a live rail or an overhead wire (fitted to a pantograph in the latter case).
- A trough-shaped or spout-shaped member, put at the bottom of the water leader coming from the eaves gutter, so as to throw the water off from the building.
- A drag, or sliding piece of wood or iron, placed under the wheel of a loaded vehicle, to retard its motion in going down a hill.
- The part of a railroad car brake which presses upon the wheel to retard its motion.
- An iron socket or plate to take the thrust of a strut or rafter.
- A plate, or notched piece, interposed between a moving part and the stationary part on which it bears, to take the wear and afford means of adjustment; called also slipper and gib.
- An inclined trough in an ore-crushing mill.
- An ingot of gold or silver shaped somewhat like a traditional Chinese shoe, formerly used in trade in the Far East.
- A trough or spout for conveying grain from the hopper to the eye of the millstone.
- Something resembling a shoe in form, position, or function, such as a brake shoe.
- An iron socket to protect the point of a wooden pile.
verb
noun
- A card game based on building in suits or matching exposed cards, the object being to get rid of one's cards.
- A fool or idiot (especially as an ironic way of referring to oneself).
- The act of stealing another player's points because they either mispegged or counted up incorrectly.
- A game of dominoes in which the object is to make the sum of the two ends of the line some multiple of five.
noun
- A simple dice game in which players roll the dice as many times as they like, either accumulating a greater score or losing previous points gained.
- Any of several mammalian species of the genus Sus, having cloven hooves, bristles and a nose adapted for digging; especially the domesticated animal Sus domesticus.
- A light pinkish-red colour, like that of a pig (also called pig pink).
- A lead container used for radioactive waste.
- A young swine, a piglet (contrasted with a hog, an adult swine).
- The general-purpose M60 machine gun, considered to be heavy and bulky.
- Someone who overeats or eats rapidly and noisily.
- The edible meat of such an animal; pork.
- A dirty or slovenly person.
- A difficult problem.
- A police officer.
- A lecherous or sexist man.
- The mold in which a block of metal is cast.
- A device for cleaning or inspecting the inside of an oil or gas pipeline, or for separating different substances within the pipeline. Named for the pig-like squealing noise made by their progress.
- A very obese person.
- An earthenware hot-water jar to warm a bed; a stone bed warmer
- A block of cast metal.
- earthenware, or an earthenware shard
verb
noun
- A particular instance of playing a game.
- The ability to seduce someone, usually by strategy.
- Prostitution. (Now chiefly in on the game.)
- Mastery; the ability to excel at something.
- An activity described by a set of rules, especially for the purpose of entertainment, often competitive or having an explicit goal.
- A school subject during which sports are practised.
- That which is gained, such as the stake in a game.
- The number of points necessary to win a game.
- In some games, a point awarded to the player whose cards add up to the largest sum.
- The equipment that enables such activity, particularly as packaged under a title.
- One's manner, style, or performance in playing a game.
- A field of gainful activity, as an industry or profession.
- An exercise simulating warfare, whether computerized or involving human participants.
- A questionable or unethical practice in pursuit of a goal.
- Something that resembles a game with rules, despite not being designed.
- wild animals hunted for food.
- A playful activity that may be unstructured; an amusement or pastime.
verb
- To gamble.
- To play card games, board games, or video games.
- 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.
- To perform premeditated seduction strategy.
adj
noun
- A complete series of games, forming part of a match.
- A punch for setting nails in wood.
- The full number of eggs set under a hen.
- The initial or basic formation of dancers.
- A device for receiving broadcast radio waves (or, more recently, broadcast data); a radio or television.
- A young oyster when first attached.
- The act of directing the ball to a teammate for an attack.
- The setting of the sun or other luminary; (by extension) the close of the day.
- The scenery for a film or play.
- Set theory.
- the general locations and area where a movie’s, a film’s, or a video’s scenery is arranged to be filmed also including places for actors, assorted crew, director, producers which are typically not filmed.
- A group of repetitions of a single exercise performed one after the other without rest.
- The amount the teeth of a saw protrude to the side in order to create the kerf.
- A rudimentary fruit.
- An object made up of several parts.
- General movement; direction; drift; tendency.
- A piece placed temporarily upon the head of a pile when the latter cannot otherwise be reached by the weight, or hammer.
- The camber of a curved roofing tile.
- A drum kit, a drum set.
- A class group in a subject where pupils are divided by ability.
- A bias of mind; an attitude or pattern of behaviour.
- A collection of zero or more objects, possibly infinite in size, and disregarding any order or repetition of the objects which may be contained within it.
- A musical performance by a band, disc jockey, etc., consisting of several musical pieces.
- Three of a kind, especially if two cards are in one's hand and the third is on the board. Compare trips (“three of a kind, especially with two cards on the board and one in one's hand”).
- A young plant fit for setting out; a slip; shoot.
- A small tuber or bulb used instead of seed, particularly onion sets and potato sets.
- Collectively, the crop of young oysters in any locality.
- A series or group of something. (Note the similar meaning in Etymology 4, Noun)
- A group of people, usually meeting socially.
- The manner, state, or quality of setting or fitting; fit.
- The pattern of a tartan, etc.
- A collection of various objects for a particular purpose.
- A permanent change of shape caused by excessive strain, as from compression, tension, bending, twisting, etc.
- A matching collection of similar things. (Note the similar meaning in Etymology 2, Noun.)
- A complete series of points, forming part of a match.
adj
- Fixed in one’s opinion.
- Fixed in a certain style.
- Ready, prepared.
- Rigid, solidified.
- Prearranged.
- Fixed in position.
- Intent, determined (to do something).
verb
- To devise and assign (work) to.
- To have a certain direction of motion; to flow; to move on; to tend.
- To arrange with dishes and cutlery, to set the table.
- To direct (the ball) to a teammate for an attack.
- To place or fix in a setting.
- To extend and bring into position; to spread.
- To place plants or shoots in the ground; to plant.
- To prepare (a stage or film set).
- To lower into place and fix solidly, as the blocks of cut stone in a structure.
- To defeat a contract.
- To become fixed or rigid; to be fastened.
- To put (something) down, to rest.
- To produce after pollination.
- To render stiff or solid; especially, to convert into curd; to curdle.
- To acknowledge a dancing partner by facing him or her and moving first to one side and then to the other, while she or he does the opposite.
- To give a pitch to, as a tune; to start by fixing the keynote.
- To reduce from a dislocated or fractured state.
- To put in order in a particular manner; to prepare.
- To punch (a nail) into wood so that its head is below the surface.
- To hunt game with the aid of a setter.
- To sit (be in a seated position).
- To arrange (type).
- To be fixed for growth; to strike root; to begin to germinate or form.
- To introduce or describe.
- To solidify.
- To rest or lie somewhere, on something, etc.; to occupy a certain place.
- To apply oneself; to undertake earnestly.
- Of a heavenly body, to disappear below the horizon of a planet, etc, as the latter rotates.
- Of a dog, to indicate the position of game.
- To fit (someone) up in a situation.
- To put in a specified condition or state; to cause to be.
- To adjust.
- To compile, to make (a puzzle or challenge).
- To suit; to become.
- To establish as a rule; to furnish; to prescribe; to assign.
- To determine or settle.
- To fit music to words.
- To adorn with something infixed or affixed; to stud; to variegate with objects placed here and there.
- To start (a fire).
- To divide a class group in a subject according to ability
- To locate (a play, etc.); to assign a backdrop to, geographically or temporally.
- To attach or affix (something) to something else, or in or upon a certain place.
noun
- A package of cards or figurines designed to add to a player's collection.
- Something that boosts.
- A term that serves to amplify or strengthen an utterance, such as "really".
- Someone who promotes a town or business.
- A member of a booster club.
- A booster dose.
- A booster engine fitted to a steam locomotive.
- A motor-generator set used for voltage regulation in direct current electrical power circuits.
- A thief.
- A small quantity of a sensitive explosive that is triggered by a detonator and provides the energy needed to detonate a larger quantity of a less-sensitive explosive.
- Someone who is a fan or supporter of something.
- A power-up item.
- The first stage of a multistage rocket that provides the thrust for liftoff and the initial flight.
verb
noun
- game equipment (as a piece of wood, plastic, or ivory) used for keeping a count or reserving a space in various card or board games
- table consisting of a horizontal surface over which business is transacted
- a calculator that keeps a record of the number of times something happens
- a piece of furniture that stands at the side of a dining room; has shelves and drawers
- a person who counts things
- a quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one)
- (computer science) a register whose contents go through a regular series of states (usually states indicating consecutive integers)
- a piece of leather forming the back of a shoe or boot
- a return punch (especially by a boxer)
adv
verb
adj
noun
- the cards held in a card game by a given player at any given time
- the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb
- a hired laborer on a farm or ranch
- something written by hand
- ability
- a position given by its location to the side of an object
- one of two sides of an issue
- a rotating pointer on the face of a timepiece
- a unit of length equal to 4 inches; used in measuring horses
- a member of the crew of a ship
- a card player in a game of bridge
- a round of applause to signify approval
- terminal part of the forelimb in certain vertebrates (e.g. apes or kangaroos)
- physical assistance
verb
noun
- the cards held in a card game by a given player at any given time
- a particular instance of buying or selling
- an agreement between parties (usually arrived at after discussion) fixing obligations of each
- (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent
- a plank of softwood (fir or pine board)
- wood that is easy to saw (from conifers such as pine or fir)
- the type of treatment received (especially as the result of an agreement)
- the act of distributing playing cards
- the act of apportioning or distributing something
verb
- act on verbally or in some form of artistic expression
- take into consideration for exemplifying purposes
- take action with respect to (someone or something)
- succeed in doing, achieving, or producing (something) with the limited or inadequate means available
- administer or bestow, as in small portions
- do business; offer for sale as for one's livelihood
- be in charge of, act on, or dispose of
- behave in a certain way towards others
- distribute cards to the players in a game
- direct the course of; manage or control
- give out as one's portion or share
- give (a specific card) to a player
- sell (especially of illegal material)
noun
- a gambling card game in which chips are placed on the ace and king and queen and jack of separate suits (taken from a separate deck); a player plays the lowest card of a suit in his hand and successively higher cards are played until the sequence stops; the player who plays a card matching one in the layout wins all the chips on that card
- a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region, with capital Lansing
- the 3rd largest of the Great Lakes; the largest freshwater lake entirely within the United States borders
noun
- a gambling card game in which chips are placed on the ace and king and queen and jack of separate suits (taken from a separate deck); a player plays the lowest card of a suit in his hand and successively higher cards are played until the sequence stops; the player who plays a card matching one in the layout wins all the chips on that card
- largest city in Illinois; a bustling Great Lakes port that extends 26 miles along the southwestern shoreline of Lake Michigan
noun
- The point in a poker tournament when the last player without a prize loses all their chips and leaves the game, leaving only players that are going to win prizes. (e.g., if the last remaining 9 players win prizes, then the point when the 10th player leaves the tournament)
- A group of people who are in quarantine together.
- An officer's station in a prison dormitory, affording views on all sides.
- A bulb or lamp; the part of a lighting assembly that actually produces the light.
- Any of the small magnetized areas that make up bubble memory.
- A spherically contained volume of air or other gas, especially one made from soapy liquid.
- A small spherical cavity in a solid material.
- Anything lacking firmness or solidity; a cheat or fraud; an empty project.
- A Greek.
- The emotional and/or physical atmosphere in which the subject is immersed.
- Anything resembling a hollow sphere.
- A small, hollow, floating bead or globe, formerly used for testing the strength of spirits.
- The globule of air in the chamber of a spirit level.
- A laugh.
- A period of intense speculation in a market, causing prices to rise quickly to irrational levels as the metaphorical bubble expands, and then fall even more quickly as the bubble bursts.
verb
- To join together in a support bubble
- To form into a protruding round shape.
- To cause to feel as if bubbling or churning.
- To cry, weep.
- To produce bubbles, to rise up in bubbles (such as in foods cooking or liquids boiling).
- To churn or foment, as if wishing to rise to the surface.
- To cover with bubbles.
- To rise through a medium or system, similar to the way that bubbles rise in liquid.
- To express in a bubbly or lively manner.
- To pat a baby on the back so as to cause it to belch.
- To bubble in; to mark a response on a form by filling in a circular area (‘bubble’).
- Rage bubbled inside him.
- To apply a filter bubble, as to search results.
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