'To be game' definitions:
Definition of 'To be game'
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- Game \Game\, a.
- 1. Having a resolute, unyielding spirit, like the gamecock; ready to fight to the last; plucky. [1913 Webster]
- I was game . . . .I felt that I could have fought even to the death. --W. Irving. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Of or pertaining to such animals as are hunted for game, or to the act or practice of hunting. [1913 Webster]
- Game bag, a sportsman's bag for carrying small game captured; also, the whole quantity of game taken.
- Game bird, any bird commonly shot for food, esp. grouse, partridges, quails, pheasants, wild turkeys, and the shore or wading birds, such as plovers, snipe, woodcock, curlew, and sandpipers. The term is sometimes arbitrarily restricted to birds hunted by sportsmen, with dogs and guns.
- Game egg, an egg producing a gamecock.
- Game laws, laws regulating the seasons and manner of taking game for food or for sport.
- Game preserver, a land owner who regulates the killing of game on his estate with a view to its increase. [Eng.]
- To be game. (a) To show a brave, unyielding spirit. (b) To be victor in a game. [Colloq.]
- To die game, to maintain a bold, unyielding spirit to the last; to die fighting. [1913 Webster]
Words containing 'To be game'
- Game,
- Gamed,
- Gameful,
- Gamely,
- Gameness,
- Gaming,
- games,
- Badger game,
- Black game,
- Capitoline games,
- Confidence game,
- Consolation game,
- Drawn game,
- Game Creek,
- Game bag,
- Game bird,
- Game egg,
- Game fowl,
- Game laws,
- Game preserver,
- Grab game,
- Ground game,
- Heath game,
- Isthmian games,
- Love game,
- Match game,
- May game,
- Moor game,
- Panel game,
- Pythian games,
- Round game,
- Scrub game,
- Secular games,
- To die game,
- To make game of,
- To preserve game,
- Vantage game,
- White game,
- ahead of the game,
- athletic game,
- away game,
- ball game,
- banking game,
- baseball game,
- basketball game,
- big game,
- blame game,
- board game,
- bunco game,
- bunko game,
- card game,
- chess game,
- child's game,
- computer game,
- con game,
- court game,
- crap game,
- day game,
- end game,
- exhibition game,
- fair game,
- field game,
- football game,
- gambling game,
- game equipment,
- game fish,
- game hawk,
- game law,
- game license,
- game misconduct,
- game of chance,
- game plan,
- game room,
- game show,
- game theory,
- game warden,
- gaming card,
- gaming house,
- gaming table,
- go game,
- golf game,
- guessing game,
- head game,
- hockey game,
- home game,
- matched game,
- mind game,
- mug's game,
- name of the game,
- nemean games,
- night game,
- numbers game,
- olympian games,
- olympic games,
- outdoor game,
- parlor game,
- parlour game,
- party game,
- passing game,
- perfect game,
- pinball game,
- play the game,
- playoff game,
- poker game,
- practice game,
- road game,
- running game,
- shell game,
- softball game,
- stickball game,
- table game,
- theory of games,
- video game,
- volleyball game,
- waiting game,
- war game,
- word game,
- Game Creek, AK,
- Make-game,
- american football game,
- games-master,
- games-mistress,
- no-hit game,
- winter olympic games,
- High low jack and the game,
- zero-sum game