 3 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
gaming
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}, {play}]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Game \Game\ (g[=a]m), verb (used without an object) [imp. & p. p. {Gamed} (g[=a]md); p.
pr. & vb. n. {Gaming}.] [OE. gamen, game?en, to rejoice, AS.
gamenian to play. See {Game}, noun]
1. To rejoice; to be pleased; -- often used, in Old English,
impersonally with dative. [Obs.]
God loved he best with all his whole hearte
At alle times, though him gamed or smarte.
--Chaucer.
2. To play at any sport or diversion.
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.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
gaming \gam"ing\ (g[=a]m"[i^]ng), noun
The act or practice of playing games for stakes or wagers;
gambling.
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