'Gaming' definitions:

Definition of 'gaming'

From: WordNet
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); "his gambling cost him a fortune"; "there was heavy play at the blackjack table" [syn: gambling, gaming, play]

Definition of 'Gaming'

From: GCIDE
  • Game \Game\ (g[=a]m), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Gamed (g[=a]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.] [1913 Webster]
  • God loved he best with all his whole hearte At alle times, though him gamed or smarte. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To play at any sport or diversion. [1913 Webster]
  • 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 some other thing waged upon the issue of the contest; to gamble. [1913 Webster] gamebag

Definition of 'gaming'

From: GCIDE
  • gaming \gam"ing\ (g[=a]m"[i^]ng), n. The act or practice of playing games for stakes or wagers; gambling. [1913 Webster]

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