GAMY

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


Adjective

gamy (comparative more gamy, superlative most gamy)

Alternative spelling of gamey

Such a funny, sporty, gamy, jesty, joky, hoky-poky lad, is the Ocean.

Source: Wiktionary


Gam"y, a.

1. (Cookery)

Definition: Having the flavor of game, esp. of game kept uncooked till near the condition of tainting; high-flavored.

2. (Sporting)

Definition: Showing an unyielding spirit to the last; plucky; furnishing sport; as, a gamy trout.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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DETENTION

(noun) a state of being confined (usually for a short time); “his detention was politically motivated”; “the prisoner is on hold”; “he is in the custody of police”


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