video game
Syllables: vid·eo gameUK/ˈvɪdiːəʊ̯ˌɡeɪm//ˈvɪdioʊ̯ˌɡeɪm/
video game noun: a type of game, existing as and controlled by software, usually run by a video game console or a computer, played on a monitor or television screen, and controlled by a joypad, joystick, keyboard, mouse, touchscreen or paddle.
Noun
video game (plural video games)
- A type of game, existing as and controlled by software, usually run by a video game console or a computer, played on a monitor or television screen, and controlled by a joypad, joystick, keyboard, mouse, touchscreen or paddle.
- My uncle’s favorite video game is Minecraft.
- Swinging in the backyard / Pull up in your fast car whistling my name / Open up a beer / And you say get over here and play a video game / […] / I say you the bestest / Lean in for a big kiss, put his favorite perfume on / Go play your video game2011 October 7, Lana Del Rey, Justin Parker, “Video Games”, in Born to Die, performed by Lana Del Rey
Verb
video game (third-person singular simple present video games, present participle video gaming, simple past and past participle video gamed)
- To play video games.
- Soloway coins the “Nintendo Generation” expression, putting the attention on the never-seen-before trait of young people: they are video gaming.2015, Emanuele Rapetti, Lorenzo Cantoni, “Learners of Digital Era (LoDE): What’s True, and What’s Just Hype About the So-Called Digital Natives”, in Mohamed Ally, Badrul H[uda] Khan, editors...
- And Mouse hacked and video gamed.2018, Nathan Lee Birr, One Life to Lose (The Douglas Files; 7), Beacon Books, LLC, →ISBN, page 75
video game meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
video game in Hindi
- type of game existing as and controlled by software
- वीडियो गेम vīḍiyo gem
video game in Tamil
- நிகழ்பட ஆட்டம், நிகழ்பட விளையாட்டு, காணொளி ஆட்டம், காணொளி விளையாட்டு
video game in Marathi
- type of game existing as and controlled by software
- संगणक खेळ saṅgṇak kheḷ, व्हिडियो गेम vhiḍiyo gem
video game in Urdu
- type of game existing as and controlled by software
- وِیڈِیو گیم vīḍiyo gem
More languagesFewer languages
- video game in Bengali
- ভিডিও গেম bhiḍiō gem
- video game in Malayalam
- വീഡിയോ ഗെയിം vīḍiyō geyiṁ
- video game in Punjabi
- ਵਿਡਿਓ-ਗੇਮ viḍio-gem
- video game in Pashto
- ویډیو لوبه
- video game in Arabic
- لَعْبَةْ فِيدِيُو laʕbat fīdiyū
- video game in Malay
- hibira, permainan video
- video game in Indonesian
- permainan video
- video game in Thai
- เกมคอมพิวเตอร์ geem-kɔm-piu-dtə̂ə, วิดีโอเกม wí-dii-oo-geem
- video game in Vietnamese
- trò chơi điện tử, trò chơi vi-đê-ô, game
- video game in Myanmar
- ဗွီဒီယိုဂိမ်း bwidiyuigim:, ဗီဒီယိုဂိမ်း bidiyuigim:
- Dzongkha
- བརྙན་འཁོར་རྩེདམོ brnyan 'khor rtsedmo
Examples of video game in a sentence
- For a military operation name, Epic Fury sounds like a video game, which may be apt because that’s the way the Trump White House is marketing this war.2026 March 16, Peter Baker, “In Choosing ‘Epic Fury,’ Trump Names a War and Defines His Presidency”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y....
- Relatedly, families that video gamed together reported better family satisfaction and closer relationships within the family (Wang et al., 2018).2022, Marco Rüth, Kai Kaspar, “Educational and Social Exergaming: A Perspective on Physical, Social, and Educational Benefits and Pitfalls...
Synonyms of video game
Forms of video game
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | video games |
| alternative form | videogame |
| alternative form (informal) | vidgame |
| alternative form (slang) | viddy game |
| alternative form (slang) | vidya game |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | video games |
| present participle | video gaming |
| past participle | video gamed |
| past | video gamed |
| alternative form | video-game |
Origin of video game
From video + game.
Words formed from video game
Words that rhyme with video game
37 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- reclaim
- same
- blame
- declaim
- disclaim
- squame
- aflame
- came
- defame
- fame
- rame
- ashame
- became
- crame
- exclaim
- mechanical game
- misname
- overcame
- proclaim
- second name
- BAME
- by name
- cyberfame
- deadname
- enflame
- file names
- good game
- hame
- herostratic fame
- maim
- Markush claim
- reclame
- rename
- run game
- sejm
- succame
- two can play this game
Questions about video game
- What does video game mean?
- Video game means a type of game, existing as and controlled by software, usually run by a video game console or a computer, played on a monitor or television screen, and controlled by a joypad, joystick, keyboard, mouse, touchscreen or paddle.
- What is video game in Hindi?
- Video game in Hindi is वीडियो गेम (vīḍiyo gem). See Video game meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use video game in a sentence?
- For a military operation name, Epic Fury sounds like a video game, which may be apt because that’s the way the Trump White House is marketing this war.
- What part of speech is video game?
- Video game can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce video game?
- Video game is pronounced /ˈvɪdiːəʊ̯ˌɡeɪm/ (UK).
- What is the plural of video game?
- The plural of video game is video games.
Words near video game in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: video game (page history and authors); video game (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਵਿਡਿਓ-ਗੇਮ (Punjabi) (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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