A peripheral device; an item of hardware.
An improvised explosive device, home-made bomb
A technique that an author or speaker uses to evoke an emotional response in the audience; a rhetorical device.
An image used in whole or in part as a trademark or service mark.
A motto, emblem, or other mark used to distinguish the bearer from others. A device differs from a badge or cognizance primarily as it is a personal distinction, and not a badge borne by members of the same house successively.
A project or scheme, often designed to deceive; a stratagem; an artifice.
Any piece of equipment made for a particular purpose, especially a mechanical or electrical one.
An image or logo denoting official or proprietary authority or provenience.
The equipment that enables such activity, particularly as packaged under a title.
The ability to seduce someone, usually by strategy.
Prostitution. (Now chiefly in on the game.)
Mastery; the ability to excel at something.
An activity described by a set of rules, especially for the purpose of entertainment, often competitive or having an explicit goal.
A school subject during which sports are practised.
A particular instance of playing a game.
That which is gained, such as the stake in a game.
The number of points necessary to win a game.
In some games, a point awarded to the player whose cards add up to the largest sum.
One's manner, style, or performance in playing a game.
A field of gainful activity, as an industry or profession.
An exercise simulating warfare, whether computerized or involving human participants.
A questionable or unethical practice in pursuit of a goal.
Something that resembles a game with rules, despite not being designed.
wild animals hunted for food.
A playful activity that may be unstructured; an amusement or pastime.
To gamble.
To play card games, board games, or video games.
To exploit loopholes in a system or bureaucracy in a way which defeats or nullifies the spirit of the rules in effect, usually to obtain a result which otherwise would be unobtainable.
To perform premeditated seduction strategy.
Willing and able to participate.
Injured, lame (of a limb).
That shows a tendency to continue to fight against another animal, despite being wounded, often severely.
Persistent, especially in senses similar to the above.