Meanings
adjectivegamy (comparative more gamy, superlative most gamy)
comparative more gamy · superlative most gamy
- alternativeAlternative spelling of gamey.
Such a funny, sporty, gamy, jesty, joky, hoky-poky lad, is the Ocean.
1851 November 14, Herman Melville, chapter 119, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC
Synonyms & antonyms
adjective(used of the smell of meat) smelling spoiled or tainted
Similar
adjectivewilling to face danger
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