Index of English words, starting with "ga"

(1) - Gambrel (v. t.) To truss or hang up by means of a gambrel.
(2) - Gambrel (n.) A stick crooked like a horse's hind leg; -- used by butchers in suspending slaughtered animals.
(3) - Gambrel (n.) The hind leg of a horse.

(1) - Game (n.) 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 other thing waged upon the issue of the contest; to gamble.
(2) - Game (n.) To play at any sport or diversion.
(3) - Game (n.) To rejoice; to be pleased; -- often used, in Old English, impersonally with dative.
(4) - Game (a.) Of or pertaining to such animals as are hunted for game, or to the act or practice of hunting.
(5) - Game (a.) Having a resolute, unyielding spirit, like the gamecock; ready to fight to the last; plucky.
(6) - Game (v. i.) Animals pursued and taken by sportsmen; wild meats designed for, or served at, table.
(7) - Game (v. i.) A scheme or art employed in the pursuit of an object or purpose; method of procedure; projected line of operations; plan; project.
(8) - Game (v. i.) In some games, a point credited on the score to the player whose cards counts up the highest.
(9) - Game (v. i.) That which is gained, as the stake in a game; also, the number of points necessary to be scored in order to win a game; as, in short whist five points are game.
(10) - Game (v. i.) The use or practice of such a game; a single match at play; a single contest; as, a game at cards.
(11) - Game (v. i.) A contest, physical or mental, according to certain rules, for amusement, recreation, or for winning a stake; as, a game of chance; games of skill; field games, etc.
(12) - Game (v. i.) Sport of any kind; jest, frolic.
(13) - Game (n.) Crooked; lame; as, a game leg.