gaming

1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of game

plural gamings

1. uncountableusuallyThe playing of a game.

   […] 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 […]

   1678, Robert Barclay, An Apology for the True Christian Divinity

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   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".

   2013 June 28, Tom Vanderbilt, “The lose-lose logic of the machine zone”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 3, page 29

   1. abbreviationellipsisuncountableusuallyEllipsis of videogaming.
   2. InternetuncountableusuallyUsed in noun compounds to describe anything that is decorated in rainbow colors, in a parody of LED-equipped peripherals marketed as "gaming mice", etc.
   3. uncountableusuallySynonym of gambling.

      Synonyms: gambling

2. uncountableusuallyCareful, strategic use of rules to achieve one's purposes, as one would use the rules of a game.