small game

noun

Small animals and birds that are hunted and killed, either by hunters or predators.

Opposite
big game
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Meanings

nounsmall game (uncountable)
  1. uncountableSmall animals and birds that are hunted and killed, either by hunters or predators.
  2. euphemisticuncountableSmall vermin.

    Smells, bad drainage, impure water, unhealthiness of situation, dampness, the absence of advantages mentioned, the presence of small game […]

    1875, J. H. Riddell, The Uninhabited House
    1 more example

    May be it is like that medicine a fellow rung in on poor lawyer Mac Campbell, to kill fleas, bed bugs, and all sich^([sic]) small game; and made the lawyer believe it was so heavy that three ounces weighed a pound.

    1841, The New Sporting Magazine, page 9

Synonyms & antonyms

antonym(s) of “hunting”

Opposite
big game

Translations

Catalan caça menor
  • caça menorsmall hunted animals
Norwegian Bokmål småvilt
  • småviltsmall hunted animals
Swedish småvilt
  • småviltsmall hunted animals
Cite this entry
APA

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MLA

“small game.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/small%20game. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “small game,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/small%20game.

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