hunger games
hunger games is the alternative form of Hunger Games.
hunger games is the plural of hunger game.
Noun (1) capitalized: Hunger Games
Hunger Games (plural Hunger Games)
- A vicious contest, especially one that is winner-take-all.
- If the term “daytime TV” used to be synonymous with slightly ramshackle, undemanding programming attuned to the languid circadian rhythms of hungover students and the retired, it’s now a hyper-competitive arena of mechanical oneupmanship, a Hunger Games for image and sound editors.2014 September 10, Graeme Virtue, “Who’s Doing the Dishes? is the best daytime TV in years”, in The Guardian
- Not playing the hunger games of success, not undergoing the mechanical hoopla of PR, he could go on stubbornly being Kent Haruf, doing his job.2015 May 27, Ursula K Le Guin, “Our Souls at Night by Kent Haruf review – happiness at the end of life”, in The Guardian
Noun (2) capitalized: Hunger Games
Hunger Games
- plural of Hunger Game
Forms of hunger games
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| plural | Hunger Games |
| alternative form | hunger game |
| alternative form | Hunger Game |
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Origin of hunger games
From the titular fictional gladiatorial contests in The Hunger Games, first published in 2008.
Questions about hunger games
- What does hunger games mean?
- Hunger games means a vicious contest, especially one that is winner-take-all.
- What is hunger games the alternative form of?
- Hunger games is the alternative form of Hunger Games.
- What part of speech is hunger games?
- Hunger games is a noun.
- What is the plural of hunger games?
- The plural of hunger games is hunger games.
Words near hunger games in the dictionary
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