GAME
INTERJECTIONS
► BARLEY! in children’s game: time out! → 1890 Amer. dial.
► BARLEY ME! in children’s games: that’s mine! → 1956 Amer. dial.
► BARLEY OUT! in children’s games: a call for truce → 1917 Amer. dial.
► COCKEYE PIDDLE an exclamation used when playing a game on family road trips; if you see a car with one headlight out, you say “Cockeye Piddle”; – other names for the game include: Cockeye, Dinklepink, Padiddle, Pasquaddle, Perdiddle, Perdunkle, Popeye → 1980 Amer. dial.
► PARLEY! in children’s games: time out! → 1901 Amer. dial.
► PARLEY OUT! in children’s games: time out! → 1968 Amer. dial.
NOUNS
► ARMY GAME any game of chance played in an aggressive and/or dishonest fashion → 1890 US sl.
► CALEEVER a caper, frolic, antic; a hubbub, a noisy game → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► FAD a game, a joke → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► GAMMET ► GAMUT fun, frolic, sport; a game, joke, whim, trick → 1865 Eng. dial.
► GAMMOCK a game, jest, piece of fun; also, fun, frolic, foolish spot → 1819 Eng. dial.
► GAUD ► GAWD a trick, a prank; often, a device to deceive, a piece of trickery, a pretense; also, a game, sport, or pastime → a1300 obs.
► LAKE play, amusement, fun; a game → 1902 Sc. & Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► LARK a game; a piece of merriment or mischief; a trick → 1802 colloq.
► LUDE a game → 1694 obs.
► LUDOLOGY the study of games and game playing; now esp. used of video games → 1961
► RAPS sports, games, merrymakings → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► RIG a joke, a prank, a game; a playful and lively movement or activity; a frolic → 1782 Eng. dial.
► TANTREMS pranks, games, jollification → M19 sl.
► YOKE a game, a match; a trial of skill → 1812 Sc.
NOUNS – PERSON
► BANKER in certain gambling and board games: the person in charge of the bank → 1706
► BARNEY FIFE a game show player who nervously pushes his buzzer before he actually thinks of the answer → 1997 game show usage (Bk.)
► BASEKEEPER in various children’s games: “it”; the person who must chase or catch the other players → 1966 Amer. dial.
► BASEMAN in various children’s games: “it”; the person who must chase or catch the other players → 1966 Amer. dial.
► GAMER a participant in a war-game or role-playing game; a player or creator of such games → 1969
► GAMESMAN a person who engages in or takes an interest in games or sports → 1812
► GAMESTER a player of any game; a participant in or enthusiast for a sport or pastime → 1562
► GAMESTRESS a female gamester or gambler ; a woman skilled in games or sports → 1651
► GAMSTER a player in a game → 1721 Sc. obs.
VERBS
► KILL THE CLOCK in a game governed by time: to delay the game near the end when winning → 1970 US sl.
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