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crying games

crying games is the plural of crying game.

Meaning of crying game

Noun

crying game (plural crying games)

  1. (informal) A situation where someone cries in a spiteful, self-indulgent, or attention-seeking manner.
    • It's only when you remove all remnants of the guy from your life that you can move on. No Contact. Until you are completely over the guy, avoid all contact. If the guy's an asshole, he'll try to contact you, and probably run the crying game on you.2011, Willie Booker, Life’s Too Short to Date Men Like Me, iUniverse, published 2011, →ISBN, page 58

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Questions about crying games

What is crying games the plural of?
Crying games is the plural of crying game.

Words near crying games in the dictionary

  1. crying from the housetop
  2. crying from the housetops
  3. crying from the rooftop
  4. crying from the rooftops
  5. crying game
  6. crying games
  7. crying halves
  8. crying havoc
  9. crying in one's beer
  10. crying it out
  11. crying like a baby

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