Meaning

4 senses
  1. Having the smell, taste and texture of game meat.

    Wild-

    (used of the smell of meat) smelling spoiled or tainted

  2. Plucky, spirited or gritty.

    gewagt

  3. Risque, sordid or sexually suggestive.

    gewagt

    suggestive of sexual impropriety

  4. Involving in-game actions or behaviour that break immersion or contradict common sense in favour of exploiting game mechanics.

Examples

1 sentences
  1. Have you ever eaten javelina? It's quite good, albeit somewhat gamey.

    deHast du schon mal Halsbandpekari gegessen? Ziemlich gut, obwohl es ein bisschen stark nach Wild schmeckt.

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Translations

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By meaning 2
having the smell, taste and texture of game:
plucky, spirited or gritty:

Forms

more gamey/gamier, most gamey/gamiest
Comparativemore gamey / gamier Lesson
Superlativemost gamey / gamiest Lesson

regular

Synonyms

13 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

1 related words
Relatedgame

See also

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