gamey

gam·ey (g

)

adj.

Variant of gamy.

gamey, gamy [ˈgeɪmɪ]

adj gamier, gamiest

1. having the smell or flavour of game, esp high game

2. Informal spirited; plucky; brave

gamily adv

gaminess n

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Adj.	1.	gamey - 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" gamy, naughty, risque, spicy, racy, juicy, blue sexy - marked by or tending to arouse sexual desire or interest; "feeling sexy"; "sexy clothes"; "sexy poses"; "a sexy book"; "sexy jokes"
	2.	gamey - (used of the smell of meat) smelling spoiled or tainted gamy, high ill-smelling, malodorous, malodourous, stinky, unpleasant-smelling - having an unpleasant smell
	3.	gamey - willing to face danger game, gritty, mettlesome, spunky, spirited, gamy brave, courageous - possessing or displaying courage; able to face and deal with danger or fear without flinching; "Familiarity with danger makes a brave man braver but less daring"- Herman Melville; "a frank courageous heart...triumphed over pain"- William Wordsworth; "set a courageous example by leading them safely into and out of enemy-held territory"

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blue decompose game gamy gritty hang high juicy mettlesome molder moulder naughty racy rank Risque rot spicy spirited spunky	And they have a swarm of rusty, dusty, battered apostles standing around the filagree work, some on one leg and some with one eye out but a gamey look in the other, and some with two or three fingers gone, and some with not enough nose left to blow--all of them crippled and discouraged, and fitter subjects for the hospital than the cathedral. The Innocents Abroad by Twain, Mark View in context And now the haunch of mutton vapour-bath having received a gamey infusion, and a few last touches of sweets and coffee, was quite ready, and the bathers came; but not before the discreet automaton had got behind the bars of the piano music-desk, and there presented the appearance of a captive languishing in a rose- wood jail. Our Mutual Friend by Dickens, Charles View in context	gamely gameness gameplay gamer games games console games master games mistress games-master games-mistress gameshow gamesman gamesmanship gamesome gamester gamet- gametangium gamete gamete intrafallopian transfer gameto- gametocyte gametoecium gametogenesis gametophore gametophyte gamey gamic gamin gamine gaminess gaming gaming card gaming house gaming table gamma gamma acid gamma aminobutyric acid gamma camera gamma correction gamma decay gamma distribution gamma function gamma globulin gamma hydroxybutyrate gamma iron gamma moth gamma radiation gamma ray gamma ray astronomy gamma ray burst gamma rays	gametogenies gametogenous gametogenous gametogenous gametogeny gametogeny gametogeny gametogony gametoid theory gametophore gametophore gametophoric gametophoric gametophyte gametophyte gametophyte gametophyte Gametophytes Gametophytes Gametophytes Gametophytes gametophytic gametophytic gametophytic gametophytic Gamewardens of Vietnam Association, Inc. Gamewinners GameWinning Gamex Gamextreme Interaktif Ansiklopedi gamey Gamez Gamez GAMFT GAMG GAMGA GAMGI Gamgiusar GAMH GAMHC GAMI Gami Sewa Sevana Ltd GAMIAN gamic Gamid Alievich Rustamov Gamid Mamedtagi Ogly Arasly Gamid Rustamov gamier gamiest Gamilaraay Gamilaroi gamily Gamimune N 10% S/D Gamimune N 5% S/D gamin gamin gamine

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And they have a swarm of rusty, dusty, battered apostles standing around the filagree work, some on one leg and some with one eye out but a gamey look in the other, and some with two or three fingers gone, and some with not enough nose left to blow--all of them crippled and discouraged, and fitter subjects for the hospital than the cathedral.

The Innocents Abroad by Twain, Mark View in context

And now the haunch of mutton vapour-bath having received a gamey infusion, and a few last touches of sweets and coffee, was quite ready, and the bathers came; but not before the discreet automaton had got behind the bars of the piano music-desk, and there presented the appearance of a captive languishing in a rose- wood jail.

Our Mutual Friend by Dickens, Charles View in context

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