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gamings

/ˈɡeɪmɪŋz/

gamings is the plural of gaming.

Meaning of gaming

Noun

gaming (usually uncountable, plural gamings)

  1. (usually) The playing of a game.
    • […] the unprofitable plays, frivolous recreations, sportings, and gamings which are invented to pass away the precious time, and divert the mind from the witness of God […]1678, Robert Barclay, An Apology for the True Christian Divinity
    1. (Internet, usually) Used in noun compounds to describe anything that is decorated in rainbow colors, in a parody of LED-equipped peripherals marketed as "gaming mice", etc.
    2. (usually) Synonym of gambling.
  2. (usually) Careful, strategic use of rules to achieve one's purposes, as one would use the rules of a game.

Questions about gamings

What is gamings the plural of?
Gamings is the plural of gaming.
How do you pronounce gamings?
Gamings is pronounced /ˈɡeɪmɪŋz/.

Words near gamings in the dictionary

  1. gaming purse
  2. gaming purses
  3. gaming table
  4. gaming tables
  5. gaming the system
  6. gamings
  7. gaminish
  8. Gamino
  9. Gaminos
  10. gamins
  11. gamist

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Adapted from Wiktionary: gamings (page history and authors); gaming (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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