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mechanical game

mechanical game noun: any game based on chance rather than skill.

Noun

mechanical game (plural mechanical games)

  1. Any game based on chance rather than skill.
    • Anyone who bucks a purely mechanical game with a fixed deduction from each play must, over a period of time, wind up a loser.1990, Robert Rowe, How to Win At Horseracing, page 2
    • And because poker is more of an art than a mechanical game, you can easily slip into bad habits and start making mistakes.2011, Kevin Blackwood, Casino Gambling For Dummies, page 300
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see mechanical, game.

Forms of mechanical game

pluralmechanical games

Words that rhyme with mechanical game

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Questions about mechanical game

What does mechanical game mean?
Mechanical game means any game based on chance rather than skill.
What part of speech is mechanical game?
Mechanical game is a noun.
What is the plural of mechanical game?
The plural of mechanical game is mechanical games.

Words near mechanical game in the dictionary

  1. mechanical eraser
  2. mechanical erasers
  3. mechanical erasure
  4. mechanical erasures
  5. mechanical erosion
  6. mechanical game
  7. mechanical games
  8. mechanical horse
  9. mechanical horsepower
  10. mechanical horsepowers
  11. mechanical horses

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