From WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003) [wn]:
gaming
n : the act of playing for stakes in the hope of winning
(including the payment of a price for a chance to win a
prize); "his gambling cost him a fortune"; "there was
heavy play at the blackjack table" [syn: gambling,
play]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Game \Game\ (g[=a]m), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Gamed (g[=a]md); p.
pr. & vb. n. Gaming.] [OE. gamen, game?en, to rejoice, AS.
gamenian to play. See Game, n.]
1. To rejoice; to be pleased; -- often used, in Old English,
impersonally with dative. [Obs.]
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God loved he best with all his whole hearte
At alle times, though him gamed or smarte.
--Chaucer.
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2. To play at any sport or diversion.
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3. To play for a stake or prize; to use cards, dice,
billiards, or other instruments, according to certain
rules, with a view to win money or some other thing waged
upon the issue of the contest; to gamble.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
gaming \gam"ing\ (g[=a]m"[i^]ng), n.
The act or practice of playing games for stakes or wagers;
gambling.
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