Meaning of gaming | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The playing of a game.
   uncountable, usually
2. play
3. Ellipsis of videogaming.
   abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, uncountable, usually
4. game; sport
5. Used in noun compounds to describe anything that is decorated in rainbow colors, in a parody of LED-equipped peripherals marketed as "gaming mice", etc.
   Internet, uncountable, usually
6. Synonym of gambling.
   uncountable, usually
7. set
8. Careful, strategic use of rules to achieve one's purposes, as one would use the rules of a game.
   uncountable, usually
9. kit

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Examples

“[…] the unprofitable plays, frivolous recreations, sportings, and gamings which are invented to pass away the precious time, and divert the mind from the witness of God […]”

“The US gaming industry, in a pamphlet called Demystifying Slot Machines […], argues that "slot manufacturers need to build devices for a society with a decreasing attention span and an increasing demand for exciting, fast-paced entertainment, all in a marketplace overflowing with competing entertainment options".”

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