n. the meat of African or Asian wild animals as food; "The natives hunted lemurs for bushmeat."

n. a contest with rules to determine a winner; "you need four people to play this game"

n. a single play of a sport or other contest; "the game lasted two hours"

n. frivolous or trifling behavior; "for actors, memorizing lines is no game"; "for him, life is all fun and games"

n. your occupation or line of work; "he's in the plumbing game"; "she's in show biz"

n. the game equipment needed in order to play a particular game; "the child received several games for his birthday"

n. a secret scheme to do something (especially something underhand or illegal); "they concocted a plot to discredit the governor"; "I saw through his little game from the start"

n. [a type of play or sport, an amusement]

n. the score at a particular stage in a game

n. the particular style of playing a game

n. one unit of a tennis play, as part of a set

v. place a bet on; "Which horse are you backing?"; "I'm betting on the new horse"

adj. willing to face danger