GAMEY

game, gamy, gamey, gritty, mettlesome, spirited, spunky

(adjective) willing to face danger

gamey, gamy, high

(adjective) (used of the smell of meat) smelling spoiled or tainted

blue, gamy, gamey, juicy, naughty, racy, risque, spicy

(adjective) suggestive of sexual impropriety; “a blue movie”; “blue jokes”; “he skips asterisks and gives you the gamy details”; “a juicy scandal”; “a naughty wink”; “naughty words”; “racy anecdotes”; “a risque story”; “spicy gossip”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

gamey (comparative more gamey, superlative most gamey)

Having the smell, taste and texture of consumed game (meat).

Plucky, spirited or gritty

Risque, sordid or sexually suggestive

Source: Wiktionary



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