dictionary definitions for "gamy"


From WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003) [wn]:

  gamy
      adj 1: suggestive of sexual impropriety; "a blue movie"; "blue
             jokes"; "he skips asterisks and gives you the gamy
             details"; "a juicy scandal"; "a naughty wink";
             "naughty words"; "racy anecdotes"; "a risque story";
             "spicy gossip" [syn: blue, gamey, juicy,
             naughty, racy, risque, spicy]
      2: used of the smell of game beginning to taint [syn: gamey,
         high]
      3: willing to face danger [syn: game, gamey, gritty,
         mettlesome, spirited, spunky]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  gamy \gam"y\, a.
     1. (Cookery) Having the flavor of game, esp. of game kept
        uncooked till near the condition of tainting;
        high-flavored.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. (Sporting) Showing an unyielding spirit to the last;
        plucky; furnishing sport; as, a gamy trout.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. Same as gamey.
        [PJC] -- gam"i*ness, n.


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