meta

meta (countable and uncountable, plural metas)

Clipping of metagame. Folk etymology also suggests an initialism of most efficient tactic available.

I don't think the character will be part of the meta even with the recent buffs.


meta

en-adj

meta (comparative more meta, superlative most meta)

more meta (comparative)
most meta (superlative)

I don't think the character will be meta even with the recent buffs.

(video games) Prominent in the metagame; effective and frequently used in competitive gameplay.


meta

Quando falamos de inventário, alguns itens continuam muito fortes e flexíveis no meta, como por exemplo os arpões. Como as snipers saíram do meta, os jogadores tiveram que trocar um dos utilitários para conseguir tags durante o meio do jogo.

2020, “Qual o Novo meta do Fortnite – Temporada 6”, in Escola dos Games, archived from the original on 2021-05-14:


quinta

(card games) a run of five sequential cards of the same suit


quinta

From Latin quintana – cognate to English quintain (“a street between the fifth and sixth maniples of a Roman military camp, where warlike exercises took place”) –, the feminine of quintanus (“fifth-ranking”), from quintus (“fifth”), q.v.

cog

(card games) straight flush (in some games)


loaded

en-adj

loaded (comparative more loaded, superlative most loaded)

more loaded (comparative)
most loaded (superlative)

He was playing with loaded dice and won a fortune.

The more we invest in a sexual encounter in a particular person, the more loaded the dice in a dating game that we are forever reminded we must play to win.

1996, Elaine Creith, Undressing Lesbian Sex, page 49:

If you add to this the fact that the magistrate and the police sergeant are close friends, then the dice could not have been more loaded against my client.

1997, Joe Slovo, Slovo: The Unfinished Autobiography, page 80:

Horace has been crippled by being set off against the 'sincerity' and 'spontaneity' of these two; when it comes to the Greek lyricists, the dice are even more loaded against our poet, for the Greeks have not only spontaneity and sincerity on their side, but a phalanx of yet more formidable allies […].

2009, Michèle Lowrie, Horace: Odes and Epodes, page 224:

(dice games, also figurative) Of a die or dice: weighted asymmetrically, and so biased to produce predictable throws.

подправен

(gaming, of dice, also used figuratively) biased


blot

→ Polish: blotka

From Middle English blot (“blot, spot, stain, blemish”). Perhaps from Old Norse *blettr (“blot, stain”) (only attested in documents from after Old Norse transitioned to Icelandic blettur), or from Old French bloche (“clod of earth”).

inh

(backgammon) An exposed piece in backgammon.


blot

en-verb

blot (third-person singular simple present blots, present participle blotting, simple past and past participle blotted)

blots (present singular third-person)
blotting (participle present)
blotted (participle past)
blotted (past)


ev

az-noun

ev (definite accusative evi, plural evlər)

evi (accusative definite)
evlər (plural)
ev (nominative singular)
evlər (nominative plural)
evi (accusative definite singular)
evləri (accusative definite plural)
evə (dative singular)
evlərə (dative plural)
evdə (locative singular)
evlərdə (locative plural)
evdən (ablative singular)
evlərdən (ablative plural)
evin (definite genitive singular)
evlərin (definite genitive plural)
evim (first-person nominative possessed-single possessive singular)
evlərim (first-person nominative possessed-many possessive singular)
evin (nominative possessed-single possessive second-person singular)
evlərin (nominative possessed-many possessive second-person singular)
evi (nominative possessed-single possessive singular third-person)
evləri (nominative possessed-many possessive singular third-person)
evimiz (first-person nominative plural possessed-single possessive)
evlərimiz (first-person nominative plural possessed-many possessive)
eviniz (nominative plural possessed-single possessive second-person)
evləriniz (nominative plural possessed-many possessive second-person)
evi (nominative plural possessed-single possessive third-person)
evləri (nominative plural possessed-single possessive third-person)
evləri (nominative plural possessed-many possessive third-person)
evimi (accusative first-person possessed-single possessive singular)
evlərimi (accusative first-person possessed-many possessive singular)
evini (accusative possessed-single possessive second-person singular)
evlərini (accusative possessed-many possessive second-person singular)
evini (accusative possessed-single possessive singular third-person)
evlərini (accusative possessed-many possessive singular third-person)
evimizi (accusative first-person plural possessed-single possessive)
evlərimizi (accusative first-person plural possessed-many possessive)
evinizi (accusative plural possessed-single possessive second-person)
evlərinizi (accusative plural possessed-many possessive second-person)
evini (accusative plural possessed-single possessive third-person)
evlərini (accusative plural possessed-single possessive third-person)
evlərini (accusative plural possessed-many possessive third-person)
evimə (dative first-person possessed-single possessive singular)
evlərimə (dative first-person possessed-many possessive singular)
evinə (dative possessed-single possessive second-person singular)
evlərinə (dative possessed-many possessive second-person singular)
evinə (dative possessed-single possessive singular third-person)
evlərinə (dative possessed-many possessive singular third-person)
evimizə (dative first-person plural possessed-single possessive)
evlərimizə (dative first-person plural possessed-many possessive)
evinizə (dative plural possessed-single possessive second-person)
evlərinizə (dative plural possessed-many possessive second-person)
evinə (dative plural possessed-single possessive third-person)
evlərinə (dative plural possessed-single possessive third-person)
evlərinə (dative plural possessed-many possessive third-person)
evimdə (first-person locative possessed-single possessive singular)
evlərimdə (first-person locative possessed-many possessive singular)
evində (locative possessed-single possessive second-person singular)
evlərində (locative possessed-many possessive second-person singular)
evində (locative possessed-single possessive singular third-person)
evlərində (locative possessed-many possessive singular third-person)
evimizdə (first-person locative plural possessed-single possessive)
evlərimizdə (first-person locative plural possessed-many possessive)
evinizdə (locative plural possessed-single possessive second-person)
evlərinizdə (locative plural possessed-many possessive second-person)
evində (locative plural possessed-single possessive third-person)
evlərində (locative plural possessed-single possessive third-person)
evlərində (locative plural possessed-many possessive third-person)
evimdən (ablative first-person possessed-single possessive singular)
evlərimdən (ablative first-person possessed-many possessive singular)
evindən (ablative possessed-single possessive second-person singular)
evlərindən (ablative possessed-many possessive second-person singular)
evindən (ablative possessed-single possessive singular third-person)
evlərindən (ablative possessed-many possessive singular third-person)
evimizdən (ablative first-person plural possessed-single possessive)
evlərimizdən (ablative first-person plural possessed-many possessive)
evinizdən (ablative plural possessed-single possessive second-person)
evlərinizdən (ablative plural possessed-many possessive second-person)
evindən (ablative plural possessed-single possessive third-person)
evlərindən (ablative plural possessed-single possessive third-person)
evlərindən (ablative plural possessed-many possessive third-person)
evimin (first-person genitive possessed-single possessive singular)
evlərimin (first-person genitive possessed-many possessive singular)
evinin (genitive possessed-single possessive second-person singular)
evlərinin (genitive possessed-many possessive second-person singular)
evinin (genitive possessed-single possessive singular third-person)
evlərinin (genitive possessed-many possessive singular third-person)
evimizin (first-person genitive plural possessed-single possessive)
evlərimizin (first-person genitive plural possessed-many possessive)
evinizin (genitive plural possessed-single possessive second-person)
evlərinizin (genitive plural possessed-many possessive second-person)
evinin (genitive plural possessed-single possessive third-person)
evlərinin (genitive plural possessed-single possessive third-person)
evlərinin (genitive plural possessed-many possessive third-person)

From Proto-Turkic *eb (“dwelling place, house”). Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰋 (eb), Turkish ev.

evdəkilər

close family; those in the same household


junket

From Middle English jonket (“basket made of rushes; food, probably made of sour milk or cream; banquet, feast.”), from Medieval Latin iuncta, possibly from Latin iuncus (“rush, reed”) and therefore a possible doublet of jonquil.
Meaning shifted to "feast or banquet" by 1520s, probably via the notion of a picnic basket. This in turn led to the sense of "pleasure-trip" (1814), and then to specifically to "trip made ostensibly for business but which entails merrymaking or entertainment" by 1886 in American English.

der

(gambling) A gaming room for which the capacity and limits change daily, often rented out to private vendors who run tour groups through them and give a portion of the proceeds to the main casino.


hax

The third critical hit in a row! You only win because of hax!

(gaming) Crucial luck-based events in battles.


niveau

→ Danish: niveau

→ Dutch: niveau

→ German: Niveau

→ Norwegian Bokmål: nivå

→ Romanian: nivel

→ Serbo-Croatian: nivo

→ Swedish: nivå

→ Turkish: nivo

→ Yiddish: ניוואָ (nivo)

Inherited from Old French nivel, livel, from Vulgar Latin *libellus m, from Latin lībella f. Cognate with English level and Portuguese nível.

Il faut complèter ce niveau pour gagner l’épée magique.

You have to complete this level to earn the magic sword.


squeak

en-noun

squeak (countable and uncountable, plural squeaks)

squeak The squeak of a guinea pig (canonical)
squeaks (plural)

(uncountable, games) A card game similar to group solitaire.


squeak

en-verb

squeak (third-person singular simple present squeaks, present participle squeaking, simple past and past participle squeaked)

squeaks (present singular third-person)
squeaking (participle present)
squeaked (participle past)
squeaked (past)

(intransitive, games) To empty the pile of 13 cards a player deals to oneself in the card game of the same name.


fianchetto

/fɪənˈt͡ʃɛtəʊ/

/fɪənˈkɛtəʊ/

From Italian fianchetto, diminutive of fianco (“flank”).

I’m not a hero, I’m not even a chessboard knight. Trying to be a priest was something of a fianchetto wasn’t it? Clever move by a poor player.

1994, Jeanette Winterson, Art & Lies, →ISBN:

(chess) The development of a bishop by moving it one square to a long diagonal; specifically, a set of opening moves where a bishop is developed to the second rank of the adjacent knight file.


fianchetto

fianchetto (third-person singular simple present fianchettos or fianchettoes, present participle fianchettoing, simple past and past participle fianchettoed)

fianchettos (present singular third-person)
fianchettoes (present singular third-person)
fianchettoing (participle present)
fianchettoed (participle past)
fianchettoed (past)

/fɪənˈt͡ʃɛtəʊ/

/fɪənˈkɛtəʊ/


fianchetto

→ English: fianchetto

→ Spanish: fianchetto


fianchetto

Unadapted borrowing from Italian fianchetto.

ubor

(chess) fianchetto (development of a bishop by moving it one square to a long diagonal; specifically, a set of opening moves where a bishop is developed to the second rank of the adjacent knight file)


fianchetto

Borrowed from Italian fianchetto, diminutive of fianco (“flank”).


цар

bg-noun

цар • (car) m (feminine цари́ца, relational adjective ца́рски)

car (romanization)
цари́ца (feminine)
ца́рски (adjective relational)
цар (indefinite singular)
царе́ (indefinite plural)
ца́рят (definite singular subjective)
царе́те (definite plural subjective)
ца́ря (definite objective singular)
царе́те (definite objective plural)
царю́ (singular vocative)
царе́ (plural vocative)

From Old Church Slavonic цѣсарь (cěsarĭ), from Proto-Slavic *cěsařь, from a Germanic language, from Proto-Germanic *kaisaraz, from Latin Caesar.


asi

ace (playing card marked with "A", having one icon)


diamant

Borrowed from French and Old French diamant.

Any of various species of estrildid finches in the obsolete subfamily Poephilinae.


ferrule

From Middle English verel, virel, virole (“ferrule; metal pivot on the end of an axle”), altered under the influence of Latin ferrum (“iron”), from Old French virole (“ferrule”), from Latin viriola (“little bracelet”), diminutive of viria (“bracelet worn by men”), from Gaulish, from Proto-Celtic *weiros (“crooked”) (compare Middle Irish fiar (“bent, crooked”), Welsh gŵyr, Breton gwar (“curved”)), from Proto-Indo-European *weyh₁ros (“threaded, turned, twisted”), from *weyh₁- (“to turn, twist, weave”).

refn

From the collection of the Auckland War Memorial Museum in Auckland, New Zealand.

kování

band or cap placed around a shaft to reinforce it or to prevent splitting

příruba

During a short break he clamped the tenon machine to the countertop; then he took a few cues that were in need of repair and began replacing their ferrules. […] By two-thirty, a dozen cues had new white ferrules and leather tips.

1984 August, Walter Tevis, chapter 6, in The Color of Money, New York, N.Y.: Warner Books, →ISBN; republished New York, N.Y.: Warner Books, October 1986, →ISBN, pages 150–151:

A band holding parts of an object together.

(billiards) The plastic band attaching the tip to the cue.

virolla

(billiards) plastic band attaching the tip to the cue


Stonewall

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-Stonewall.wav

From stone + wall. The drink is so named because its effect is likened to running into a stone wall. The riots take their name from the Stonewall Inn where they began (in the 1840s, the property was called Bonnie's Stone Wall, later renamed to Bonnie's Stonewall Inn, then the Stonewall Inn Restaurant, and then the Stonewall Inn). The Confederate general acquired his nickname after a battle in which, while other troops were in motion, fellow general Barnard E. Bee observed "there stands Jackson like a stone wall" (either resolutely, or unhelpfully). The chess setup is so named because it is a solid formation which is hard to overrun by force, like a stone wall.

the Stonewall attack, a Stonewall setup, a Stonewall formation

(chess) A formation in chess (a variation of the Queen's Pawn Game) in which white plays pawns to d4 and several other positions, requiring black to react energetically (see Stonewall Attack).


takeout double

(bridge) A double, usually indicating strength and a desire to play the hand; partner is expected to "take out" by making a bid.


overhead

en-noun

overhead (countable and uncountable, plural overheads)

From Middle English owerheved, over-hed, over hede (adverb), from Old English oferhēafod (adverb), equivalent to over- + head. Compare German Low German overhoopt, överhoopt, German überhaupt.

computational overhead| digital overhead

(juggling, by ellipsis) An overhead throw.


Heinz

From the H. J. Heinz Company's "57 Varieties" slogan.

(poker slang) A five and a seven as starting cards in Texas hold 'em

(UK, gambling, slang) A full-cover bet of doubles and upwards, consisting of six selections in 57 bets.


euchre

euchre (countable and uncountable, plural euchres)

Possibly from German Juckerspiel, name of an eighteenth-century Alsatian card game, itself apparently a compound of Jucker (“joker?”, may be dialectal) + Spiel (“game”).

(card games) A trump card game played by four players in two partnerships with a reduced deck of 24 cards.


vint

Borrowed from Russian винт (vint, “screw”).

(games) A Russian card game similar to bridge and whist.


vint

vindi (genitive)
vinti (partitive)
vint (nominative singular)
vindid (nominative plural)
vint (accusative nominative singular)
vindid (accusative nominative plural)
vindi (accusative genitive singular)
vindid (accusative genitive plural)
vindi (genitive singular)
vintide (genitive plural)
vinti (partitive singular)
vinte (partitive plural)
vintisid (partitive plural)
vinti (illative singular)
vindisse (illative singular)
vintidesse (illative plural)
vindesse (illative plural)
vindis (inessive singular)
vintides (inessive plural)
vindes (inessive plural)
vindist (elative singular)
vintidest (elative plural)
vindest (elative plural)
vindile (allative singular)
vintidele (allative plural)
vindele (allative plural)
vindil (adessive singular)
vintidel (adessive plural)
vindel (adessive plural)
vindilt (ablative singular)
vintidelt (ablative plural)
vindelt (ablative plural)
vindiks (singular translative)
vintideks (plural translative)
vindeks (plural translative)
vindini (singular terminative)
vintideni (plural terminative)
vindina (essive singular)
vintidena (essive plural)
vindita (abessive singular)
vintideta (abessive plural)
vindiga (comitative singular)
vintidega (comitative plural)

(colloquial) tipsiness (slight drunkenness)


chicane

chicane (countable and uncountable, plural chicanes)

(card games, chiefly bridge) The holding of a hand without trumps, or the hand itself.


麻雀

CJKV/code

Sino-Xenic (麻雀):
* → Korean: 마작(麻雀) (majak, “mahjong”)

Wutunhua: macio

desc

→ Burmese: မာကျောက် (ma-kyauk, “mahjong”)

→ Dutch: matjok (“Surinamese variant of mahjong”)

→ Japanese: 麻(マー)雀(ジャン) (mājan) (orthographic)

→ Vietnamese: mạt chược (“mahjong”)

→ Zhuang: mazcoz (“mahjong”)

/mä³⁵ t͡ɕʰy̯ɛ⁵¹/

/ma²⁴⁻¹¹ ʈ͡ʂʰoʔ⁵/

/maː²¹ t͡sœːk̚³/

/maː²¹ t͡sœːk̚³⁻³⁵/

/ma³⁵ t͡ɕiɔʔ²/

/ba²³⁻³³ t͡sʰiɔk̚³²/

/ba²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰiɔk̚³²/

/ba²⁴⁻²¹ t͡sʰiɔk̚³²/

/ba²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰiɔk̚³²/

/ba²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰiɔk̚⁵/

/mã²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰiɔk̚³²/

/ma²⁴⁻²¹ t͡sʰiɔk̚³²/

/ma²³⁻²¹ t͡sʰiɔk̚³/

/mã²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰiɔk̚³²/

/mã²³⁻³³ t͡sʰiɔk̚³²/

/mã¹³⁻²² t͡sʰiak̚³²/

/muã²³⁻³³ t͡sʰiak̚³²/

/muã¹³⁻²² t͡sʰiak̚³²/

/muã²³⁻³³ t͡sʰiɔk̚³²/

/mua²⁴⁻²¹ t͡sʰiɔk̚³²/

/muã²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰiɔk̚³²/

/mo²² t͡ɕʰiaʔ⁴⁴/

/mo²² t͡ɕiaʔ⁴⁴/

/mɤa³³ t͡sĩ⁵⁵/

/mä³⁵ t͡ɕʰy̯ɛ⁵¹/

/ma²⁴⁻¹¹ ʈ͡ʂʰoʔ⁵/

/maː²¹ t͡sœːk̚³/

/maː²¹ t͡sœːk̚³⁻³⁵/

/ma³⁵ t͡ɕiɔʔ²/

/ba²³⁻³³ t͡sʰiɔk̚³²/

/ba²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰiɔk̚³²/

/ba²⁴⁻²¹ t͡sʰiɔk̚³²/

/ba²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰiɔk̚³²/

/ba²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰiɔk̚⁵/

/mã²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰiɔk̚³²/

/ma²⁴⁻²¹ t͡sʰiɔk̚³²/

/ma²³⁻²¹ t͡sʰiɔk̚³/

/mã²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰiɔk̚³²/

/mã²³⁻³³ t͡sʰiɔk̚³²/

/mã¹³⁻²² t͡sʰiak̚³²/

/muã²³⁻³³ t͡sʰiak̚³²/

/muã¹³⁻²² t͡sʰiak̚³²/

/muã²³⁻³³ t͡sʰiɔk̚³²/

/mua²⁴⁻²¹ t͡sʰiɔk̚³²/

/muã²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰiɔk̚³²/

/mo²² t͡ɕʰiaʔ⁴⁴/

/mo²² t͡ɕiaʔ⁴⁴/

/mɤa³³ t͡sĩ⁵⁵/

Alternative forms: 蔴雀, 麻鵲／麻鹊

(dialectal, including Cantonese, Hakka, Southern Min, Eastern Min, Pinghua) mahjong


麻雀

First attested around the late Meiji period.
Borrowed from Mandarin 麻將／麻将 (májiàng).
The kanji form is an orthographic borrowing from Chinese 麻雀 (máquè, literally “sparrow”), the original name for the game that is retained in some southern Chinese dialects.


Backgammon

de-noun

Backgammon n (strong, genitive Backgammons, no plural)

Backgammons (genitive)
Backgammon (nominative singular)
Backgammons (genitive singular)
Backgammon (dative singular)
Backgammon (accusative singular)


ruta

ruta (indefinite nominative singular)
rutas (genitive indefinite singular)
rutan (definite nominative singular)
rutans (definite genitive singular)
rutor (indefinite nominative plural)
rutors (genitive indefinite plural)
rutorna (definite nominative plural)
rutornas (definite genitive plural)

→ Finnish: ruutu

From Middle Low German rūte, from Old High German rūta, probably from Latin rūta (“rue”). Cognates include Danish rude, Norwegian Bokmål rute and German Raute (“rhomb”).


sair

pt-verb

sair (first-person singular present saio, first-person singular preterite saí, past participle saído)

saio (first-person present singular)
saí (first-person preterite singular)
saído (participle past)
sair (impersonal infinitive)
sair (first-person infinitive singular)
saíres (infinitive second-person singular)
sair (infinitive singular third-person)
sairmos (first-person infinitive plural)
sairdes (infinitive plural second-person)
saírem (infinitive plural third-person)
saindo (gerund)
saído (masculine participle past singular)
saídos (masculine participle past plural)
saída (feminine participle past singular)
saídas (feminine participle past plural)
saio (first-person indicative present singular)
sais (indicative present second-person singular)
sai (indicative present singular third-person)
saímos (first-person indicative plural present)
saís (indicative plural present second-person)
saem (indicative plural present third-person)
saía (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
saías (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
saía (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
saíamos (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
saíeis (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
saíam (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
saí (first-person indicative preterite singular)
saíste (indicative preterite second-person singular)
saiu (indicative preterite singular third-person)
saímos (first-person indicative plural preterite)
saístes (indicative plural preterite second-person)
saíram (indicative plural preterite third-person)
saíra (first-person indicative pluperfect singular)
saíras (indicative pluperfect second-person singular)
saíra (indicative pluperfect singular third-person)
saíramos (first-person indicative pluperfect plural)
saíreis (indicative pluperfect plural second-person)
saíram (indicative pluperfect plural third-person)
sairei (first-person future indicative singular)
sairás (future indicative second-person singular)
sairá (future indicative singular third-person)
sairemos (first-person future indicative plural)
saireis (future indicative plural second-person)
sairão (future indicative plural third-person)
sairia (conditional first-person singular)
sairias (conditional second-person singular)
sairia (conditional singular third-person)
sairíamos (conditional first-person plural)
sairíeis (conditional plural second-person)
sairiam (conditional plural third-person)
saia (first-person present singular subjunctive)
saias (present second-person singular subjunctive)
saia (present singular subjunctive third-person)
saiamos (first-person plural present subjunctive)
saiais (plural present second-person subjunctive)
saiam (plural present subjunctive third-person)
saísse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
saísses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
saísse (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
saíssemos (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
saísseis (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
saíssem (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
sair (first-person future singular subjunctive)
saíres (future second-person singular subjunctive)
sair (future singular subjunctive third-person)
sairmos (first-person future plural subjunctive)
sairdes (future plural second-person subjunctive)
saírem (future plural subjunctive third-person)
sai (imperative second-person singular)
saia (imperative singular third-person)
saiamos (first-person imperative plural)
saí (imperative plural second-person)
saiam (imperative plural third-person)
não saias (imperative negative second-person singular)
não saia (imperative negative singular third-person)
não saiamos (first-person imperative negative plural)
não saiais (imperative negative plural second-person)
não saiam (imperative negative plural third-person)

From Old Galician-Portuguese sair, from Latin salīre (“to leap”), from Proto-Indo-European *sl̥-ye-. Compare Galician saír and Spanish salir.

João sai nesta rodada.

(Brazil, card games, intransitive) to lead (begin a game, round, or trick)


Ass

de-noun

Ass n (strong, genitive Asses, plural Asse or Ässer)

Asses (genitive)
Asse (plural)
Ässer (plural)
Ass (nominative singular)
Asse (definite nominative plural)
Ässer (definite nominative plural)
Asses (genitive singular)
Asse (definite genitive plural)
Ässer (definite genitive plural)
Ass (dative singular)
Asse (dative singular)
Assen (dative definite plural)
Ässern (dative definite plural)
Ass (accusative singular)
Asse (accusative definite plural)
Ässer (accusative definite plural)


Bande

Bande (genitive)
Banden (plural)
Bande (nominative singular)
Banden (definite nominative plural)
Bande (genitive singular)
Banden (definite genitive plural)
Bande (dative singular)
Banden (dative definite plural)
Bande (accusative singular)
Banden (accusative definite plural)

From French bande, from Frankish *binda (“join, link”).

(sports, games) elevated boundary of a playing field; boards


Ajax

THE road north took us to Ajax, Louisiana, more of a crossroads than an actual town. The RV park sat just a minute or so from the interstate and miles from much else; a saw mill near the highway and a diner across the road were the only...

2016, Suzi Parron, Following the Barn Quilt Trail, Ohio University Press, →ISBN:

Natchitoches Parish
Natchitoches Parish#English

An unincorporated community in Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana.


Bridge

Bridge n (strong, genitive Bridge, no plural)

Bridge (genitive)
Bridge (nominative singular)
Bridge (genitive singular)
Bridge (dative singular)
Bridge (accusative singular)


Chip

Chip m (strong, genitive Chips, plural Chips)

Chips (genitive)
Chips (plural)
Chip (nominative singular)
Chips (definite nominative plural)
Chips (genitive singular)
Chips (definite genitive plural)
Chip (dative singular)
Chips (dative definite plural)
Chip (accusative singular)
Chips (accusative definite plural)

(also gambling) chip (piece of plastic or metal used as a token for money, entrance tickets, etc.)


Doom

Origin […] have used the canvas of a Doom-like first-person 3-D engine to paint a master work of their own in this comic-book action game.

1996 May 1, Jeffrey Adam Young, “CyberMage: Darklight Awakening Review”, in GameSpot:

first-person shooter
first-person shooter

(video games) A popular first-person shooter video game, often regarded as the progenitor of the genre.


Chaos

From Latin chaos (“chaos”), from Ancient Greek χάος (kháos).

19521 Chaos
Chaos (Warhammer)
Chaos (cosmogony)

Chaos warrior, Chaos daemon

(fantasy, science fiction) In the Warhammer franchise, a demonic antagonist that sends demons, monsters, warriors, and beasts to wage war on the games' setting.


Dame

Dame (genitive)
Damen (plural)
Dame (nominative singular)
Damen (definite nominative plural)
Dame (genitive singular)
Damen (definite genitive plural)
Dame (dative singular)
Damen (dative definite plural)
Dame (accusative singular)
Damen (accusative definite plural)

From French dame, from Latin domina (“mistress, lady”). Cognate with English dame.


Dame

Dame n (strong, genitive Dames, no plural)

→ Kashubian: damka


scramble

en-verb

scramble (third-person singular simple present scrambles, present participle scrambling, simple past and past participle scrambled)

scrambles (present singular third-person)
scrambling (participle present)
scrambled (participle past)
scrambled (past)

Origin uncertain. Perhaps from earlier dialectal scramble, scrammel (“to collect or rake together with the hands”), from scramb (“to pull or scrape together with the hands”) + -le (frequentative suffix) (compare Dutch schrammen (“to graze, brush, scratch”)); or alternatively from a nasalised form of scrabble (“to scrape or scratch quickly”).

lähettää

to quickly enter vehicles and proceed to destination

(Rubik's Cube) To permute parts of a twisty puzzle (especially, Rubik's Cube) until it is ready to be solved from scratch.


stat

en-verb

stat (third-person singular simple present stats, present participle statting, simple past and past participle statted)

stats (present singular third-person)
statting (participle present)
statted (participle past)
statted (past)

LL-Q1860 (eng)-I learned some phrases-stat.wav

If you stat it, they will kill it.

(transitive, roleplaying games, slang) To assign statistics to (a monster etc. in a game).


Gambit

de-noun

Gambit n (strong, genitive Gambits, plural Gambits)

Gambits (genitive)
Gambits (plural)
Gambit (nominative singular)
Gambits (definite nominative plural)
Gambits (genitive singular)
Gambits (definite genitive plural)
Gambit (dative singular)
Gambits (dative definite plural)
Gambit (accusative singular)
Gambits (accusative definite plural)

Borrowed from Spanish gambito, from Italian gambetto.

(chess) gambit, a form of opening a chess game


swindle

en-verb

swindle (third-person singular simple present swindles, present participle swindling, simple past and past participle swindled)

swindles (present singular third-person)
swindling (participle present)
swindled (participle past)
swindled (past)

Back-formation from swindler, from German Schwindler, from German schwindeln, from Middle High German swindeln, swindelen, from Old High German swintiln, frequentative of the verb swintan, from Proto-West Germanic *swindan (“to diminish”).
See also Modern German schwindeln, Danish svindel and svindle, Dutch zwindelen and zwendelen, Yiddish שווינדל (shvindl), Low German swinneln, Middle English swinden (“to languish, waste away”).

cog

(chess) for a player in a losing position to play a clever move that provokes an error from the opponent, thus achieving a win or a draw


swindle

(chess) An instance wherein a player in a losing position plays a clever move that provokes an error from the opponent, thus achieving a win or a draw.


Go

From go, likely with reference to the first two letters of Google.

Despite the lower priority placed on features, Go isn't a static, unchanging language. New features are adopted slowly, after much discussion and experimentation. Since the initial release of Go 1.0, there have been significant changes to the patterns that define idiomatic Go.

2021, Jon Bodner, Learning Go, O'Reilly, →ISBN, page 327:

programming language
programming language

(computer languages) A compiled, garbage-collected, concurrent programming language developed by Google.


Halma

From Ancient Greek ἅλμα (hálma, “jump”).

(games) A strategic board game played with counters on a board of 16×16 squares.


Halma

de-noun

Halma n (strong, genitive Halmas, no plural)

Halmas (genitive)
Halma (nominative singular)
Halmas (genitive singular)
Halma (dative singular)
Halma (accusative singular)


Grün

Grün n (strong, genitive Grüns, plural Grüns)

Grüns (genitive)
Grüns (plural)
Grün (nominative singular)
Grüns (definite nominative plural)
Grüns (genitive singular)
Grüns (definite genitive plural)
Grün (dative singular)
Grüns (dative definite plural)
Grün (accusative singular)
Grüns (accusative definite plural)

→ Volapük: grün

German playing cards
German playing cards


soda

en-noun

soda (countable and uncountable, plural sodas)

From Italian soda. Sense 4 is an ellipsis of soda water.

(card games) The first card in the dealing box in the game of faro, which is discarded to leave 51 cards in play.


Level

de-noun

Level m or n (strong, genitive Levels, plural Levels or Level)

Levels (genitive)
Levels (plural)
Level (plural)
Level (definite nominative singular)
Levels (definite nominative plural)
Level (definite nominative plural)
Levels (genitive singular)
Levels (definite genitive plural)
Level (definite genitive plural)
Level (dative singular)
Levels (dative definite plural)
Leveln (dative definite plural)
Level (accusative definite singular)
Levels (accusative definite plural)
Level (accusative definite plural)

Unadapted borrowing from English level. Doublet of Libelle and Niveau.

Sicher ist: Die Letzte Generation hat an diesem Montag ihr nächstes Level erreicht.

2023 April 24, Erik Peter, “Letzte Generation in Berlin: Kurz mal still gestanden”, in Die Tageszeitung: taz, →ISSN:

What is certain is that on Monday The Last Generation has reached its next level.

(gaming or figurative) level (one of several discrete segments of a game)


Golf

Golf n (strong, genitive Golfs, no plural)

Golfs (genitive)
Golf (nominative singular)
Golfs (genitive singular)
Golf (dative singular)
Golf (accusative singular)

Borrowed from English golf, probably from Middle Dutch colve and then a doublet of Kolben.


Golf

Golf m (strong, genitive Golfs, plural Golfs or Golfe)

Golfs (genitive)
Golfs (plural)
Golfe (plural)
Golf (nominative singular)
Golfs (definite nominative plural)
Golfe (definite nominative plural)
Golfs (genitive singular)
Golfs (definite genitive plural)
Golfe (definite genitive plural)
Golf (dative singular)
Golfs (dative definite plural)
Golfen (dative definite plural)
Golf (accusative singular)
Golfs (accusative definite plural)
Golfe (accusative definite plural)

Brandname. Apparently with associations to both above etymologies. Compare the contemporaneous models Jetta (from the jetstream), Passat (from Passat “trade wind”) and Polo (from the polo sport).

Volkswagen Golf, the most popular car in Germany throughout the 1980s and 1990s


Matt

Matt n (strong, genitive Matts, plural Matts)

Matts (genitive)
Matts (plural)
Matt (nominative singular)
Matts (definite nominative plural)
Matts (genitive singular)
Matts (definite genitive plural)
Matt (dative singular)
Matts (dative definite plural)
Matt (accusative singular)
Matts (accusative definite plural)


Monopoly

(board games) A board game in which players use play money to buy and trade properties, with the objective of forcing opponents into bankruptcy.


Monopoly

de-proper noun

Monopoly n (proper noun, strong, genitive Monopolys)

From English Monopoly. Doublet of Monopol.


Opposition

de-noun

Opposition f (genitive Opposition, plural Oppositionen)

Opposition (genitive)
Oppositionen (plural)
Opposition (nominative singular)
Oppositionen (definite nominative plural)
Opposition (genitive singular)
Oppositionen (definite genitive plural)
Opposition (dative singular)
Oppositionen (dative definite plural)
Opposition (accusative singular)
Oppositionen (accusative definite plural)

(chess) In chess, when two kings face off against each other with only one square between them


Peach

* As an English surname, from French péché (“sin”). Compare Peachey, Petch.
* As a German surname, Americanized from Pietsch.

(video games) The princess in the Mario franchise.


Pong

A good lunar lander or Pong-type game was all you needed to strike it rich!

2002, André LaMothe, Tricks of the Windows game programming gurus, page 10:

If the US invades Iraq, we'll see action all right, much more than we witnessed with the primitive Pong-ish effects delivered during Gulf War 1.0,

2003 March 1, “Gulf War 2.0: The Son Strikes Back”, in Toronto Star:

The paddle controllers are necessary for playing Pong-style contests, and since two paddles share one controller input you can easily play doubles Pong with an extra set of paddles.

2006, Chris Kohler, Retro gaming hacks, page 10:

(video games) An early video game from Atari, resembling ping-pong, in which two players control paddles and attempt to intercept a ball.


Poker

Poker n (strong, genitive Pokers, no plural)

Pokers (genitive)
Poker (nominative singular)
Pokers (genitive singular)
Poker (dative singular)
Poker (accusative singular)

→ Estonian: pokker

Borrowed from English poker, itself perhaps derived from German Pochspiel (pochen + Spiel).


Puzzle

Puzzle n (strong, genitive Puzzles, plural Puzzles or (informal) Puzzle)

Puzzles (genitive)
Puzzles (plural)
Puzzle (informal plural)
Puzzle (nominative singular)
Puzzles (definite nominative plural)
Puzzle (definite informal nominative plural)
Puzzles (genitive singular)
Puzzles (definite genitive plural)
Puzzle (definite genitive informal plural)
Puzzle (dative singular)
Puzzles (dative definite plural)
Puzzlen (dative definite informal plural)
Puzzle (accusative singular)
Puzzles (accusative definite plural)
Puzzle (accusative definite informal plural)

de-ndecl

n,,s:-􂀿Informal. Dative awkward in writing􂁀

Austria; few speakers elsewhere, approximating English


Genesis

From Ancient Greek γένεσις (génesis, “creation, beginning, origin”).

der

(Canada, US, video games) A video game console, the Sega Genesis.


Roulette

de-noun

Roulette n (strong, genitive Roulettes, plural Roulettes)

Roulettes (genitive)
Roulettes (plural)
Roulette (nominative singular)
Roulettes (definite nominative plural)
Roulettes (genitive singular)
Roulettes (definite genitive plural)
Roulette (dative singular)
Roulettes (dative definite plural)
Roulette (accusative singular)
Roulettes (accusative definite plural)

→ Hungarian: rulett


Remis

Remis n (strong or mixed, genitive Remis, plural Remis or Remisen)

Remis (genitive)
Remis (plural)
Remisen (plural)
Remis (nominative singular)
Remis (definite nominative plural)
Remisen (definite nominative plural)
Remis (genitive singular)
Remis (definite genitive plural)
Remisen (definite genitive plural)
Remis (dative singular)
Remis (dative definite plural)
Remisen (dative definite plural)
Remis (accusative singular)
Remis (accusative definite plural)
Remisen (accusative definite plural)


Polo

Polo n (strong, genitive Polos, no plural)

Polos (genitive)
Polo (nominative singular)
Polos (genitive singular)
Polo (dative singular)
Polo (accusative singular)


Pool

Pool n (strong, genitive Pools, no plural)


Scrabble

A brand name, from the verb scrabble, James Brunot's 1948 rebranding of Alfred Butts's 1938 game Criss-Crosswords.

So that's what's in the forbidden room! Scrabble! I want to laugh, shriek with laughter, fall off my chair. This was once the game of old women, old men, in the summers or in retirement villas, to be played when there was nothing good on television. Or of adolescents, once, long long ago. […] Now of course it's something different. Now it's forbidden, for us.

1985, Margaret Atwood, “Birth Day”, in The Handmaid’s Tale, Toronto, Ont.: McClelland and Stewart, →ISBN, pages 148–149:

Start by asking students if they ever watch Wheel of Fortune, or play games like Hangman or Scrabble.® Ask whether they have ever noticed any patterns in the frequency with which letters appear.

2000, Eric T. Olson, Tammy Perry Olson, Real-Life Math: Statistics, Walch Publishing,, →ISBN, page 56:

At the tournament level I dabble / But my tiles show a meaningless babble / I filled up my ranks / With a few extra blanks / And got busted for cheating at Scrabble

2012 August 18, Bill Kurtis, “Listener Limerick Challenge”, Wait Wait... Don’t Tell Me!, National Public Radio

A board game in which players draw letter tiles and take turns to make interlocking words like a crossword, scoring points according to the letters played and their positions on the board.


Spanisch

de-proper noun

Spanisch n (proper noun, language name, genitive Spanisch or Spanischs, alternative nominative (used with the definite article) Spanische, alternative genitive Spanischen, no plural)

Spanisch (genitive)
Spanischs (genitive)
Spanische (alternative nominative)
Spanischen (alternative genitive)


Spiel

de-noun

Spiel n (strong, genitive Spieles or Spiels, plural Spiele, diminutive Spielchen n or (Ruhrpöttisch) Spielken n)

Spieles (genitive)
Spiels (genitive)
Spiele (plural)
Spielchen (diminutive neuter)
Spielken (diminutive neuter)
Spiel (nominative singular)
Spiele (definite nominative plural)
Spieles (genitive singular)
Spiels (genitive singular)
Spiele (definite genitive plural)
Spiel (dative singular)
Spiele (dative singular)
Spielen (dative definite plural)
Spiel (accusative singular)
Spiele (accusative definite plural)

→ Czech: špílec

→ English: spiel

→ Macedonian: шпил (špil)

→ Serbo-Croatian: špil, шпил

From Middle High German spil, from Old High German spil, from Proto-West Germanic *spil (“dance”).

(countable) a game (instance or way of playing)

im Spiel

(uncountable) gameplay, the experience or act of playing

Der Personaler sagte mir, beim Gehalt sei noch Spiel nach oben.

The HR guy told me there was some leeway for a higher salary.

(uncountable, figurative) leeway; wiggle room

(Switzerland) military band, marching band


Rot

Rot n (strong, genitive Rots, plural Rots)

Rots (genitive)
Rots (plural)
Rot (nominative singular)
Rots (definite nominative plural)
Rots (genitive singular)
Rots (definite genitive plural)
Rot (dative singular)
Rots (dative definite plural)
Rot (accusative singular)
Rots (accusative definite plural)


Pik

Pik n (strong, genitive Piks or (only with an article) Pik, plural Pik or Piks)

Pik (Austria) f (genitive Pik, plural Pik)

Piks (genitive)
Pik (genitive)
Pik (plural)
Piks (plural)
Pik (genitive)
Pik (genitive plural)
Pik (nominative singular)
Pik (definite nominative plural)
Piks (definite nominative plural)
Piks (genitive singular)
Pik (genitive singular)
Pik (definite genitive plural)
Piks (definite genitive plural)
Pik (dative singular)
Pik (dative definite plural)
Piks (dative definite plural)
Pik (accusative singular)
Pik (accusative definite plural)
Piks (accusative definite plural)
Pik (nominative singular)
Pik (definite nominative plural)
Pik (genitive singular)
Pik (definite genitive plural)
Pik (dative singular)
Pik (dative definite plural)
Pik (accusative singular)
Pik (accusative definite plural)

→ Macedonian: пик (pik)

→ Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic script: пи̏к

Latin script: pȉk

→ Slovene: pík

(card games) spades (suit of cards; no plural)

(card games) spades (game where spades are trump; plural Pik)

(card games) spade (playing card whose suit is spades; plural Pik)

spade (black figure in the form of a spade; plural Piks)


Variante

Variante f (genitive Variante, plural Varianten)

Variante (genitive)
Varianten (plural)
Variante (nominative singular)
Varianten (definite nominative plural)
Variante (genitive singular)
Varianten (definite genitive plural)
Variante (dative singular)
Varianten (dative definite plural)
Variante (accusative singular)
Varianten (accusative definite plural)


Treff

Treff n (strong, genitive Treffs, plural Treffs)

Treffs (genitive)
Treffs (plural)
Treff (nominative singular)
Treffs (definite nominative plural)
Treffs (genitive singular)
Treffs (definite genitive plural)
Treff (dative singular)
Treffs (dative definite plural)
Treff (accusative singular)
Treffs (accusative definite plural)

→ Macedonian: треф m (tref)

→ Russian: тре́фа f (tréfa)

→ Russian: тре́фы f (tréfy)

→ Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic script: тре̏ф m

Latin script: trȅf m


Steen

hrx-noun

Steen m (plural Steen, diminutive Steenche)

From Central Franconian Stein, from Middle High German stein, from Old High German stein, from Proto-West Germanic *stain, from Proto-Germanic *stainaz, from Proto-Indo-European *steyh₂- (“something hard”).

der

(board games) stone (playing piece made of any hard material)


Uno

From Italian uno (“one”) or Spanish uno (“one”); players must call "uno" when down to their last card. Doublet of one.

A card game similar to crazy eights, played with specially printed cards that have colours instead of suits.


Stock

de-noun

Stock m (strong, genitive Stockes or Stocks, plural Stöcke or Stöcker, diminutive Stöckchen n)

Stockes (genitive)
Stocks (genitive)
Stöcke (plural)
Stöcker (plural)
Stöckchen (diminutive neuter)
Stock (nominative singular)
Stöcke (definite nominative plural)
Stöcker (definite nominative plural)
Stockes (genitive singular)
Stocks (genitive singular)
Stöcke (definite genitive plural)
Stöcker (definite genitive plural)
Stock (dative singular)
Stocke (dative singular)
Stöcken (dative definite plural)
Stöckern (dative definite plural)
Stock (accusative singular)
Stöcke (accusative definite plural)
Stöcker (accusative definite plural)

From Middle High German stoc, from Old High German stoc, from Proto-West Germanic *stokk.

(card games) pile of undealt cards, deck


bolivia

en-noun

bolivia (countable and uncountable, plural bolivias)

(uncountable, card games) A card game similar to rummy and canasta.

(card games) A meld of seven wild cards in said card game.


Scotch

Contraction of Scottish.
The chess opening is supposedly after its having been played in a correspondence game between Edinburgh, Scotland, and London, England.

But Rob was just saying what a shame it was that folk should be shamed nowadays to speak Scotch – or they called it Scots if they did, the split-tongued sourocks!

1932, Lewis Grassic Gibbon, Sunset Song (A Scots Quair), Polygon, published 2006, page 156:

Karpov played the Scotch against Anand.

(chess, informal) The opening 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4.


Ф

ферзь ферзь#Russian

(chess) abbreviation of ферзь (ferzʹ): Q (queen)


COD

"Let's go over to my house and play some CoD," he said.


TC

This is the best Total Conversion we have seen of any game. Given that it is a TC of Gorefest, the reigning blockbuster, this means that Skullpulper is now the best 3D game in the world. Period.

1999 August, Marc Laidlaw, “Total Conversion”, in Fantasy & Science Fiction, page 85:

It may have started its existence as a TC, but the final product is as inspired and as polished as anything you could hope for.

2000 November, “Gunman Chronicles”, in PC Zone, page 80:

One of the more interesting is Speed Island - a TC that turns Vice City into a stunt island.

2004 October, “Community Chest: Grand Theft Auto”, in PC Zone, page 114:

total conversion
total conversion#English

(video games) Initialism of total conversion.


С

слон слон#Russian

(chess) abbreviation of слон (slon, “bishop”)


Stein

de-noun

Stein m (strong, genitive Steins or Steines, plural Steine, diminutive Steinchen n)

Steins (genitive)
Steines (genitive)
Steine (plural)
Steinchen (diminutive neuter)
Stein (nominative singular)
Steine (definite nominative plural)
Steins (genitive singular)
Steines (genitive singular)
Steine (definite genitive plural)
Stein (dative singular)
Steine (dative singular)
Steinen (dative definite plural)
Stein (accusative singular)
Steine (accusative definite plural)

From Middle High German stein, from Old High German stein, from Proto-West Germanic *stain, from Proto-Germanic *stainaz (“stone”), ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European root *steyh₂-.
Cognate with Yiddish שטיין (shteyn), Dutch steen, Low German Steen, West Frisian stien, Saterland Frisian Steen, English stone, Danish sten, Swedish sten, Norwegian stein, Gothic 𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌹𐌽𐍃 (stains).

(games) Short for Spielstein (“piece, token, tile”).


gg

/d͡ʒiːd͡ʒiː/

(online gaming slang) Initialism of good game.

Nature's Prophet going to get the last hit in as well. It's the entire team down for EHOME. This is GG.

2014 March 19, Free to Play (Film), spoken by Announcer:

(online gaming slang, by extension) loss, defeat, game over


Л

ладья́ ладья#Russian

(chess) abbreviation of ладья́ (ladʹjá, “R (rook, castle)”)


rummy

en-noun

rummy (usually uncountable, plural rummies)

Unknown, with much speculation. Perhaps related to rum via poker slang, or ultimately from German Ruhm.

A card game with many rule variants, conceptually similar to mahjong.


PK

PK (countable and uncountable, plural PKs)

(video games, roleplaying games) Initialism of player kill(er/ing).


kilter

Probably a variant of dialectal kelter (“odds and ends; litter, rubbish”); further etymology unknown.

(card games, chiefly poker) A hand of playing cards which is useless.


peter

en-verb

peter (third-person singular simple present peters, present participle petering, simple past and past participle petered)

peters (present singular third-person)
petering (participle present)
petered (participle past)
petered (past)

Clipping of blue peter (“play a high card to call for trump”). See further etymology there.

clipping

(card games, intransitive) Synonym of blue peter; to call for trump by throwing away a high card while holding a lower one.


contact juggling

Coined by James Ernest in a book of the same name.

(juggling) The art of moving a ball or balls over one's body by rolling them, with very few throws.

jonglerie de contact

The art of moving a single ball or multiple balls, as by rolling or spinning


mata

Antonio Pigafetta
Magellan's circumnavigation

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *mata, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mata, from Proto-Austronesian *maCa.
First attested in Antonio Pigafetta's Relazione del primo viaggio intorno al mondo—detailing the first circumnavigation of the world between 1519 and 1522.

Pigafetta

(mahjong) the extra pair of tiles in most winning hands


B

From abbreviations of various terms beginning with or containing the letter ‘B’.
* (billion): abbreviation of billion
* (cricket): abbreviation of balls
* (bitch): abbreviation of bitch


shell out

I have more than once had to lend a commercial money to pay his fare home; as he had played shell-out and lost the lot.

1875, George Worsley, Advice to the Young!, page 32:

(obsolete) A game played on a billiard table, a variation of pool.


(card games) Symbol on playing cards for spades


Leo

de-noun

Leo n (strong, genitive Leos, plural Leos)

Leos (genitive)
Leos (plural)
Leo (nominative singular)
Leos (definite nominative plural)
Leos (genitive singular)
Leos (definite genitive plural)
Leo (dative singular)
Leos (dative definite plural)
Leo (accusative singular)
Leos (accusative definite plural)

From Old High German lēo (“shelter”), from Proto-West Germanic *hlaiw.

(Austria, playground games) base (a safe zone in the children's game of tag)


(card games) Symbol on playing cards for diamonds


(card games) Symbol on playing cards for hearts


heads-up

There were only two of us, so we started playing heads-up.

There are seven players on the table. Five folded, the remaining two played heads-up until the showdown.

(poker) Involving two players. (usually said when there are only two players in the table; or, when all players except two folded)


cu

撞cu [Hong Kong Cantonese] ― zong⁶ ku¹ [Jyutping]

(Hong Kong Cantonese, billiards, snooker, pool) cushion (lip around the table)


napoleon

en-noun

napoleon (countable and uncountable, plural napoleons)

/nəˈpəʊlɪən/

Borrowed from French Napoléon (“given name, usually in reference to Napoleon Bonaparte”). In reference to coins, via French napoléon (“(slang) a coin that originally had the appearance of Napoleon's face in the obverse”). In reference to guns and possibly cards, in reference to Napoleon III.

bor

(card games, uncountable) A 19th-century five-card trick-taking game simplified from euchre.

(card games, uncountable) Clipping of double napoleon: a form of patience.


D

From the shape of the upper case letter "D".

(snooker) The semicircle on the baulk line, inside which the cue ball must be placed at a break-off.


PSW

(video games) Initialism of persistent-state world: one that continues to exist even when no players are present.


CG

Plenty of CGs pad out the adventure too, with beautiful art depicting the events that take place.

2016 March 7, Andrew Barker, “Steins;Gate”, in RPGFan, archived from the original on 2019-10-10:

There are a good number of CG scenes as well which provide even nicer artwork. Please note that though this is a visual novel on Steam, there are pretty steamy CGs in each route.

2017 August 31, Marcus Estrada, “Review: A Hand in the Darkness”, in Hardcore Gamer:

(video games, in a visual novel) A unique, static full-screen image, usually displayed to illustrate a significant event in the story.


juggle

en-verb

juggle (third-person singular simple present juggles, present participle juggling, simple past and past participle juggled)

juggles (present singular third-person)
juggling (participle present)
juggled (participle past)
juggled (past)

From Middle English jogelen, partly a back-formation of Middle English jogeler (“juggler”), and partly a borrowing from Old French jogler, jongler (“to have fun with someone”), a conflation of Latin joculāri (“to jest; joke”) and Old French jangler (“to regale; entertain; have fun; trifle with; tease; mess around; gossip; boast; meddle”), from Frankish *jangalōn (“to chit-chat with; gossip”), akin to Middle Dutch jankelen (“to murmur; whisper; mumble; grumble”), frequentative of Middle Dutch janken (“to moan; groan; complain”). Related also to Middle Low German janken (“to sigh; moan; lament”), Dutch jengelen (“to whine; whimper”) Dutch janken (“to whine; wimper”).

cog

She can juggle flaming torches.

To manipulate objects, such as balls, clubs, beanbags, rings, etc. in an artful or artistic manner. Juggling may also include assorted other circus skills such as the diabolo, devil sticks, hat, and cigar box manipulation as well.


betting shop

(chiefly British) The premises of a bookmaker, where people may place bets, watch horse races etc on television, and collect their winnings.


karl

is-noun

karl m (genitive singular karls, nominative plural karlar)

karls (genitive singular)
karlar (nominative plural)
karl (indefinite nominative singular)
karlinn (definite nominative singular)
karlar (indefinite nominative plural)
karlarnir (definite nominative plural)
karl (accusative indefinite singular)
karlinn (accusative definite singular)
karla (accusative indefinite plural)
karlana (accusative definite plural)
karli (dative indefinite singular)
karlinum (dative definite singular)
körlum (dative indefinite plural)
körlunum (dative definite plural)
karls (genitive indefinite singular)
karlsins (definite genitive singular)
karla (genitive indefinite plural)
karlanna (definite genitive plural)

Inherited from Old Norse karl, from Proto-Norse ᚲᚨᚱᛁᛚᚨᛉ (karilaʀ), from Proto-Germanic *karilaz.

(video games) a character (in a video game, or in a RPG)


CB

en-noun

CB (countable and uncountable, plural CBs)

(speedrunning, initialism) Initialism of cruise boost.


J

From the letter J of the English pattern playing cards. Various names exist for this symbol in the spoken language.
; Mandarin gōu
; Cantonese zik¹

(card games) jack (Classifier: 隻／只; 張／张)


John

LL-Q1860 (eng)-I learned some phrases-John.wav

From Middle English John, Johan, Johannes, from Anglo-Norman Jehan, Johan, and also Old English Iohannes, both from Late Latin Iōhannēs, variant of Latin Iōannēs, from Koine Greek Ἰωάννης (Iōánnēs), from Biblical Hebrew יוֹחָנָן (Yôḥānān), perhaps contracted from a former יְהוֹחָנָן (Yəhōḥānān, “God is gracious”).
Doublet of Jack, Jon, Johan, Johann, Johannes, Jean, Sean, Shane, Shaun, Ian, Ivan, Evan, Juan, Giovanni, and Yahya.

doublet

Remember, no Johns.

This is the sound of a John. A John. He wants to wait.

2007 June 6 [2005 December 3], 3:53 from the start, in NO JOHNS, spoken by John Michael "SOS" Howard, via YouTube, archived from the original on 2024-10-24:

Bursting from the inaudible chatter of many smiling faces, a thunderous voice emerges, “No Johns, son!”

2009, Daniel O'hair, “A Smashing Experience”, in Jennifer Oato, editor, Klipsun Magazine, volume 40, number 1, archived from the original on 2016-06-20, page 10:

You never know, I might show up to challenge you someday. And if we ever do get to go head to head: Please, no Johns.

2014, 0:47 from the start, in Smash Bros. - Reggie's Message to Fans - Evo 2014, spoken by Reggie Fils-Aimé, IGN, via YouTube, archived from the original on 2014-07-18:

I didn’t get any hand warmers. I didn’t warm up properly. I didn’t get enough sleep last night. There’s television lag. These are some of the Johns that [D'ron "D1"] Maingrette says he’s heard over the years.

2019 September 16, Cecilia D'Anastasio, “How A High School Smash Bros. Joke Became A World-Famous Saying”, in Kotaku, archived from the original on 2019-11-23:

Some "Johns" have become universal among Smash players. Some prominent "Johns" include: controller issues, not enough sleep, food, or water, a cold venue, or a lack of warmup time.

2020 May 20, Abbie Rappaport, “"Melee is Broken": Super Smash Bros. Melee: An Interdisciplinary Esports Ethnography”, in spectrum.library.concordia.ca, Concordia University, archived from the original on 2022-10-24:

i have a lot of new opinions on the mechanics of the game. I KNOW it sounds like a john but ill probably talk about it later

2024 March 18, ayowitty (@lolwitty1), Twitter, archived from the original on 2024-10-24:

(video games, Super Smash Bros.) An excuse, chiefly made by a losing player for their poor performance.


xe

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 車 (“vehicle”, SV: xa). Compare hè and hạ, chè and trà.

der

SV: <i class="Latn mention" lang="vi">xa</i>

vi-etym-sino

(xiangqi) chariot, a piece labeled with the characters 車／车 (xa, black) and 俥／伡 (red)


china

en-noun

china (countable and uncountable, plural chinas)

From clippings of attributive use of China, q.v., the country in East Asia. In reference to porcelain and porcelain objects, via clipping of chinaware and via this sense of Persian چین (čini) in Persia and India, which influenced the pronunciation (see below). In reference to medicine, via clipping of China root. In reference to flowers, via clipping of China rose. In reference to tea, via clipping of China tea. In Cockney slang, a clipping of china plate as a rhyme of mate (“friend”). In reference to drum cymbals, a clipping of China cymbal and as a genericization of a kind of Zildjian-brand cymbal.

The marbles, in those days, had their primitive names. The unglazed china ones were called plasters because they looked like plaster; the glazed china marbles were called chinas. I remember how charming were the partly colored lines which encircled them.

1932 March, Dan Beard, “New-Fashioned Kites and Old-Fashioned Marbles”, in Boys' Life, page 27:

(countable, games, chiefly US, obsolete) A glazed china marble.


C

(chess) Abbreviation of caballo.; K (knight)


P

P (countable and uncountable, plural Ps)


P

2Pカラー

プレイヤー プレイヤー#Japanese

(video games, only in compounds) Initialism of プレイヤー (pureiyā, “player”).


K

Abbreviations.
# (stenoscript) Abbreviation of counter, prefix counter-, sequence contr.

ng

prefix <i class="Latn mention" lang="en">counter-</i>, sequence contr.

(card games, chess) Abbreviation of king.


K

From the letter K of the English pattern playing cards. In the spoken language, its name is generally a borrowing from English king or the letter K.

(card games) king (Classifier: 隻／只; 張／张)


PO

REMISE IMMÉDIATE Vous récupérez 6% des PO dépensées quand vous achetez des objets légendaries.

2024 October 20, “What does PO mean?”, in Reddit:

Cash Back Upon purchasing a Legendary item, you are automatically refunded 6% of its total gold cost.


dee

(Cantonese, poker, especially in big two) the largest of the poker cards, i.e. 2 (Classifier: 隻／只 c)


dee

English: die; dice

Scots: die; dice

From Old French dé, from Latin datum. Cognate with French dé.


bookmaker

From Middle English bokmakere, boke maker, equivalent to book + maker.

(gambling) A person (or a business) who calculates odds and accepts bets, especially on horse racing; a bookie.

مُرَاهِن

a person who calculates odds and accepts bets; a bookie


bookmaker

cs-noun

bookmaker m anim (female equivalent bookmakerka)

bookmakerka (feminine)
bookmaker (nominative singular)
bookmakeři (nominative plural)
bookmakera (genitive singular)
bookmakerů (genitive plural)
bookmakerovi (dative singular)
bookmakeru (dative singular)
bookmakerům (dative plural)
bookmakera (accusative singular)
bookmakery (accusative plural)
bookmakere (singular vocative)
bookmakeři (plural vocative)
bookmakerovi (locative singular)
bookmakeru (locative singular)
bookmakerech (locative plural)
bookmakerem (instrumental singular)
bookmakery (instrumental plural)

Unadapted borrowing from English bookmaker.


Q

en-noun

Q (countable and uncountable, plural Qs)

(card games, chess) Abbreviation of queen.


Q

/t͡ɕʰy̯ɛn⁵⁵/

/t͡ɕʰy̯ɛn⁵⁵/

From the letter Q of the English pattern playing cards. Various names exist for this symbol in the spoken language.
; Mandarin
; Cantonese
; Hokkien

(card games) queen (Classifier: 隻／只; 張／张)


throw off

en-verb

throw off (third-person singular simple present throws off, present participle throwing off, simple past threw off, past participle thrown off)

throws off (present singular third-person)
throwing off (participle present)
threw off (past)
thrown off (participle past)


S

English: S

(chiefly video games) S, the highest rank or grade (above A) commonly used in ranking systems in video games


GP

en-noun

GP (countable and uncountable, plural GPs or GP)

(roleplaying games, board games, video games) Initialism of gold piece.

roleplaying games; board games; roleplaying games; board games

(grand strategy video games) Initialism of great power.


running flush

A running flush can only be beaten by a prile.

(card games) a hand containing three cards of consecutive value and the same suit in three card brag; equivalent to a straight flush in poker


three card brag

(chiefly British) A card game somewhat like a simplified form of poker, and one of poker's several ancestors


armageddon

/ˌɑː(ɹ).məˈɡɛ.dn̩/

/ˌɑɹ.məˈɡɛ.dn̩/

[ˌɑɹ.məˈɡɛɾ.ʔn]

(chess) A type of game, usually played when a match would otherwise end in a draw, where black wins drawn games and white is given more time as compensation.


barker

From Middle English berkere; equivalent to bark (“dog noise”) + -er.

The barker looks action-packed, but actually playing the game is rather dull.

(video games) A video game mode where the action is demonstrated to entice someone to play the game.


BF

(video games) Initialism of Battlefield, an FPS video game series.


रंग

raṅg (romanization)
رنگ (Urdu)
रंग (direct singular)
रंग (direct plural)
रंग (oblique singular)
रंगों (oblique plural)
रंग (singular vocative)
रंगो (plural vocative)

Inherited from Sanskrit रङ्ग (raṅga), which is derived from the root रञ्ज् (rañj), from Proto-Indo-European *reg- (“to dye”). Alternatively borrowed from Classical Persian رنگ (rang). Cognate with Gujarati રંગ (raṅg), Marathi रंग (raṅga).

उसके चेहरे का रंग साँवला है।


secco

it-adj

secco (feminine secca, masculine plural secchi, feminine plural secche, diminutive secchìno or secchétto)

secca (feminine)
secchi (masculine plural)
secche (feminine plural)
secchìno (diminutive)
secchétto (diminutive)

From Latin siccus, from Proto-Indo-European *seyk-.

asso secco

asso e cavallo secchi

(card games) being the only ones of their suit in a players hand (of cards)


кость

ru-noun+

костя́ми,костьми́*

* Antiquated, used only in a few set phrases

кость • (kostʹ) f inan (genitive ко́сти, nominative plural ко́сти, genitive plural косте́й, relational adjective ко́стный or костяно́й, diminutive ко́сточка or костя́шка)

kostʹ (romanization)
ко́сти (genitive)
ко́сти (nominative plural)
косте́й (genitive plural)
ко́стный (adjective relational)
костяно́й (adjective relational)
ко́сточка (diminutive)
костя́шка (diminutive)
ко́сть (nominative singular)
ко́сти (nominative plural)
ко́сти (genitive singular)
косте́й (genitive plural)
ко́сти (dative singular)
костя́м (dative plural)
ко́сть (accusative singular)
ко́сти (accusative plural)
ко́стью (instrumental singular)
костя́ми (instrumental plural)
костьми́ (instrumental plural)
kostjámi (instrumental plural)
kostʹmí (instrumental plural)
ко́сти (prepositional singular)
костя́х (plural prepositional)
кости́ (locative singular)
ко́сть (dated nominative singular)
ко́сти (dated nominative plural)
ко́сти (dated genitive singular)
косте́й (dated genitive plural)
ко́сти (dated dative singular)
костя́мъ (dated dative plural)
ко́сть (accusative dated singular)
ко́сти (accusative dated plural)
ко́стью (dated instrumental singular)
костя́ми (dated instrumental plural)
костьми́ (dated instrumental irregular plural)
ко́сти (dated prepositional singular)
костя́хъ (dated plural prepositional)
кости́ (dated locative singular)

Inherited from Old East Slavic кость (kostĭ), from Proto-Slavic *kostь, from Proto-Indo-European *kost-, compare *h₃ost-. Compare English coast and English costa (“rib-like structure”).

inh+

игра́ть в ко́сти


kicker

Jill's hand was two pair, aces and sevens, with a king kicker.

(poker) An unpaired card which is part of a pair, two pair, or three of a kind poker hand.

(pinball) A rubber pad that propels the ball away upon impact, like a bumper, but usually a horizontal side of a wall.


scoop

From Middle English scope, schoupe, a borrowing from Middle Dutch scoep, scuep, schope, schoepe (“bucket for bailing water”) and Middle Dutch schoppe, scoppe, schuppe ("a scoop, shovel"; > Modern Dutch schop (“spade”)), from Proto-Germanic *skuppǭ, *skuppijǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kep- (“to cut, to scrape, to hack”). Cognate with Old Frisian skuppe (“shovel”), Middle Low German schōpe (“scoop, shovel”), German Low German Schüppe, Schüpp (“shovel”), German Schüppe, Schippe (“shovel, spade”). Related to English shovel.

gloss

"a scoop, shovel"; > Modern Dutch <i class="Latn mention" lang="nl">schop</i> (“spade”)

cog

(pinball) A hole on the playfield that catches a ball, but eventually returns it to play in one way or another.


DPS

en-noun

DPS (countable and uncountable, plural DPSs)

(video games) Initialism of damage per second; a standard way to calculate the damage dealt to other players or creatures in online role-playing games.

damage per second

(by extension, video games) A player or unit whose primary role is to deal the maximum amount of damage possible (as opposed to holding the attention of the enemy, healing, or other tasks).


go-between

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-go-between.wav

(shogi) A shogi piece, used in chu shogi and larger shogi variants, that can move one step straight forward or straight backwards.


слон

be-noun

слон • (slon) m animal (genitive слана́, nominative plural сланы́, genitive plural слано́ў)

slon (romanization)
слана́ (genitive)
сланы́ (nominative plural)
слано́ў (genitive plural)
слон (nominative singular)
сланы́ (nominative plural)
слана́ (genitive singular)
слано́ў (genitive plural)
слану́ (dative singular)
слана́м (dative plural)
слана́ (accusative singular)
слано́ў (accusative plural)
слано́м (instrumental singular)
слана́мі (instrumental plural)
слане́ (locative singular)
слана́х (locative plural)
сланы́ (count-form plural)

From Proto-Slavic *slonъ, possibly a deverbative from Proto-Slavic *sloniti sę (“to lean against”), relating to а medieval story of а sleeping elephant who leaned against a tree. According to some other sources, it is related to the Turkish arslan (“lion”).


слон

ru-noun+

слон • (slon) m anim (genitive слона́, nominative plural слоны́, genitive plural слоно́в, feminine слони́ха, relational adjective слоно́вый or слоно́вий, diminutive сло́ник, augmentative слони́ще or слоня́ра)

slon (romanization)
слона́ (genitive)
слоны́ (nominative plural)
слоно́в (genitive plural)
слони́ха (feminine)
слоно́вый (adjective relational)
слоно́вий (adjective relational)
сло́ник (diminutive)
слони́ще (augmentative)
слоня́ра (augmentative)
сло́н (nominative singular)
слоны́ (nominative plural)
слона́ (genitive singular)
слоно́в (genitive plural)
слону́ (dative singular)
слона́м (dative plural)
слона́ (accusative singular)
слоно́в (accusative plural)
слоно́м (instrumental singular)
слона́ми (instrumental plural)
слоне́ (prepositional singular)
слона́х (plural prepositional)

→ Ingrian: slona

→ Kildin Sami: слонн (slonn)

→ Komi-Zyrian: слӧн (slön)

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *slonъ, possibly a deverbative from Proto-Slavic *sloniti sę (“to lean against”), relating to а medieval story of а sleeping elephant who leaned against a tree. According to some other sources, it is related to the Turkish arslan (“lion”).
Vovin (2011) proposes that Slavic slonъ reflects Old Chinese 象 (*ljaŋʔ /*slaŋ/, “elephant”), an etymology previously suggested by Ivanov (1977: 156–57) albeit with an incorrect Old Chinese reconstruction *sðaŋ. As Vovin notes, contact between Slavic and Old Chinese is out of the question, so the solution might arise from an intermediary source. Ivanov (1977:154) believes that the Chuvash forms слон (slon), сӑлан (sălan, “elephant”) are Russian loans, with the latter being called into question by Vovin on phonetic grounds. According to him, Russian /o/ (phonetically a diphthong [uo] with a mid-high syllabic element [o]) is unlikely to be borrowed as Chuvash low vowel /a/. The reverse, namely the borrowing of Bulgar slightly labialised /a/ as Slavic /o/ is more than likely. Chuvash сӑлан (sălan, “elephant”) is exactly the expected outcome of the Old Chinese *slaŋ with the insertion of ⟨ă⟩ breaking the OC initial cluster /sl-/ and typical Bulgar shift of Proto-Turkic *ŋ to /n/. The presence of this word in Chuvash places proto-Bulgar speakers in the vicinity of Northern China no later than first century BCE, because approximately after that date the initial clusters in Old Chinese underwent the process of simplification.


слон

uk-noun

слоно́вий or слоня́чий

слоне́ня or слоня́

слон • (slon) m animal (genitive слона́, nominative plural слони́, genitive plural слоні́в, feminine слони́ха, relational adjective слоно́вий or слоня́чий, diminutive слоне́ня or слоня́)

slon (romanization)
слона́ (genitive)
слони́ (nominative plural)
слоні́в (genitive plural)
слони́ха (feminine)
слоно́вий (adjective relational)
слоня́чий (adjective relational)
слоне́ня (diminutive)
слоня́ (diminutive)
слон (nominative singular)
слони́ (nominative plural)
слона́ (genitive singular)
слоні́в (genitive plural)
слоно́ві (dative singular)
слону́ (dative singular)
слона́м (dative plural)
слона́ (accusative singular)
слони́ (accusative plural)
слоні́в (accusative plural)
слоно́м (instrumental singular)
слона́ми (instrumental plural)
слоно́ві (locative singular)
слоні́ (locative singular)
слона́х (locative plural)
сло́не (singular vocative)
слони́ (plural vocative)

From Proto-Slavic *slonъ, possibly a deverbative from Proto-Slavic *sloniti sę (“to lean against”), relating to а medieval story of а sleeping elephant who leaned against a tree. According to some other sources, it's related to the Turkish arslan (“lion”).


singleton

From single + -ton, probably following the model of simpleton.


full motion video

en-noun

full motion video (countable and uncountable, plural full motion videos)

When most companies become involved in teleconferencing, usually their first interest is in full-motion video conferencing.

1985, Steven Golen, C Glenn Pearce, Ross Figgins, Report writing for business and industry:

Originally, 72 minutes of partial-screen (one-eighth) full-motion video could be stored. These pictures are fairly coarse — worse than low-quality VCR...

1989 November, “Coming for Personal Computers: Full-motion Video”, in Popular Science, volume 235, number 5:

To digitize and store a 10 seconds clip of full motion video in a computer requires transfer of an enormous amount of data[…]

1992, Association for Computing Machinery, Computer Graphics:

But while the small screen and grainy full-motion video on a CD-ROM […] may wow computerphiles […], it won't impress the MTV generation.

1992 December 22, PC Mag, volume 11, number 22, page 346:

In reality, multimedia was associated first and foremost with the development of full-motion video. This fascination for a cinema-like illusion of motion […]

2008, Mark J P Wolf, The Video Game Explosion:

Video of sufficient quality to make motion appear continuous to humans, considered to require at least 16 frames per second.

Stored full-motion video is useful for messages and information dissemination, whereas live video can be used for direct interaction, medical applications, manufacturing applications, and a variety of other process control processes.

1996, Prabhat K. Andleigh, Kiran Thakrar, Multimedia Systems Design, page 18:

In games, full motion video (FMV) truly began in the 16-bit era on the Amiga and Atari ST. Psygnosis, an innovative company that is now a distant memory, often put an awe-inspiring, beautifully rendered movie at the front ot their games.

2004, Kevin Oxland, Gameplay and Design, page 161:

Privateer II had real actors in full motion video sequences doing all sorts of silly stuff.

2005, William Abner, Gamer's Tome of Ultimate Wisdom 2006, page 125:

Full motion video (FMV) is a popular term for pre-recorded TV-quality movie or animation in a video game. FMV is simply a playback of something that was previously recorded. With modern computer hardware, games are rendered at much higher resolutions than typical FMV's, resulting in FMV's being easily spottable as "lower quality" than the game itself.

2007, Jielin Dong, Network Dictionary, page 206:

Fight through to the end of the tekken tournament with any of these eight original characters and you unlock a hidden character (including favorites like Kuma and Wang), as well as being treated to a short FMV (full motion video) sequence that expands a little on each fighter's motivation.

2013, Matt Fox, The Video Games Guide, page 293:

Enter the Full Motion Video (FMV) game – in which pre-recorded video was used to display action – and the seminal title Star Trek: Bee on the Bridge.

2017, Nate Crowley, 100 Best Video Games (That Never Existed), page 50:

(video games) In-game footage that is pre-rendered, often using real-world scenes, as opposed to being rendered in-engine or in real time.


CPS

CPS (countable and uncountable, plural CPSes)

(video games) Initialism of clicks per second.


FC

FC (countable and uncountable, plural FCs)


scopa

it-noun

scopa f (plural scope, diminutive scopìna or scopìno m or scopétta, augmentative (card game) scopóne, pejorative scopàccia)

scope (plural)
scopìna (diminutive)
scopìno (diminutive masculine)
scopétta (diminutive)
scopóne (augmentative)
scopàccia (pejorative)


PV

(gaming) Abbreviation of point de vie (“health”).


high five

en-noun

high five (countable and uncountable, plural high fives)

From high + five. The five refers to the five fingers of each hand.

(card games, uncountable) The game of cinch.


OSW

(US) Initialism of Office of Solid Waste.


BW

Pokémon Black and White
w:Pokémon Black and White

(fandom slang) Initialism of Pokémon Black and White.


toucher

From Middle English toucher, equivalent to touch + -er. The pejorative sense is derived from the sense of "touching" someone for money.

(bowls) A ball lying in contact with the jack.


DOT

DOT (countable and uncountable, plural DOTs)

Alternative form: DoT

(video games) Initialism of damage over time.

(by extension, video games) A weapon or ability that deals damage over time as opposed to or in addition to direct damage.


blunder

→ Dutch: blunder

→ Swedish: blunder

Inherited from Middle English blundren, blondren (verb) and blunder, blonder (“disturbance, strife”), from the verb; partly from Middle English blondren, a frequentative form of Middle English blonden, blanden ("to mix; mix up"; corresponding to blend + -er); and partly from Middle English blundren, a frequentative form of Middle English blunden (“to stagger; stumble”), from Old Norse blunda (“to shut the eyes; doze”). Cognates include Norwegian blunda (“to shut the eyes; doze”), dialectal Swedish blundra (“to act blindly or rashly”), Danish blunde (“to blink”) or blunde (“to take a nap”), Icelandic blunda (“to nap; doze”). Related to English blind.

cog

(chess) A very bad move, usually caused by some tactical oversight.


blunder

en-verb

blunder (third-person singular simple present blunders, present participle blundering, simple past and past participle blundered)

blunders (present singular third-person)
blundering (participle present)
blundered (participle past)
blundered (past)

→ Dutch: blunderen

(chess, intransitive) To make a very bad move.

(chess, transitive) To make a very bad move and thereby cause the loss of (a piece).


blunder

blunder (indefinite nominative singular)

Unadapted borrowing from English blunder. According to SO attested since 1837.

ubor

(chess) A blunder; a very bad move, usually caused by some tactical oversight.


raja

id-noun

raja (plural para raja, raja-raja, first-person possessive rajaku, second-person possessive rajamu, third-person possessive rajanya)

para raja (plural)
raja-raja (plural)
rajaku (first-person possessive)
rajamu (possessive second-person)
rajanya (possessive third-person)

From Malay raja, from Classical Malay raja, from Sanskrit राजन् (rājan, “king, prince”), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *Hrā́ȷ́ā (“king”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hrā́ȷ́ā, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵ-ō, from *h₃rḗǵs (“ruler, king”).

merajai [agent focus + causative benefactive]

merajakan [agent focus + causative benefactive]

(chess) the principal chess piece, that players seek to threaten with unavoidable capture to result in a victory by checkmate. It is often the tallest piece, with a symbolic crown with a cross at the top.

(card games) a playing card with the letter "K" and the image of a king on it, the thirteenth card in a given suit.

(xiangqi) general: a xiangqi piece that is moved one point orthogonally and confined within the palace.


raja

ms-noun

raja (Jawi spelling راج, plural raja-raja, informal 1st possessive rajaku, 2nd possessive rajamu, 3rd possessive rajanya)

راج (Jawi)
raja-raja (plural)
rajaku (first-person informal possessive)
rajamu (possessive second-person)
rajanya (possessive third-person)

From Sanskrit राजन् (rājan, “king, prince”), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *Hrā́ȷ́ā (“king”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hrā́ȷ́ā, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵ-ō, from *h₃rḗǵs (“ruler, king”).

A king; a male of a royal family who is the supreme ruler of his nation.

(archaic, informal) A ruler; the person, body, or force currently in power.

A tycoon; someone who possesses significant influence in a certain area or field.

(card games) A playing card with the letter 'K' and an image of a king on it.

A title found in the names of some people of royal descent.


DP

en-noun

DP (countable and uncountable, plural DPs)

displaced person
displaced person#English

dynamic programming
dynamic programming#English

(computer science) Initialism of dynamic programming.


DP

Pokémon Diamond and Pearl
w:Pokémon Diamond and Pearl

(fandom slang) Initialism of Pokémon Diamond and Pearl.


GTA

(video games) Initialism of Grand Theft Auto, a series of video games by Rockstar Games involving car theft and gang warfare (e.g. GTA V).


GTA

I remember that car was in one of the classic GTAs.

(video games) Any game in the Grand Theft Auto series.


monte

monte (countable and uncountable, plural montes)

Borrowed from Spanish monte (“mountain”): in the sense of the card game, referring to the stack of unplayed cards. Doublet of mount.

bor+

A starry 20th-anniversary revival of “Topdog/Underdog,” her Pulitzer Prize-winning fable about two brothers, three-card monte and one troubling inheritance, is in previews on Broadway.

2022 October 5, Michael Paulson, “Suzan-Lori Parks Is on Broadway, Off Broadway and Everywhere Else”, in The New York Times:

(uncountable, card games) A game in which three or four cards are dealt face-up and players bet on which of them will first be matched in suit by others dealt.


retro

en-noun

retro (countable and uncountable, plural retros or retroes)

Borrowed from French rétro, ultimately from Latin retro.

(chess) A chess puzzle of retrograde analysis, requiring the solver to work out the history of moves leading to the position presented.


AF

AF (countable and uncountable, plural AFs)

aggression factor
aggression factor#English

(poker) Initialism of aggression factor.


ESP

ESP (countable and uncountable, plural ESPs)

Near-synonym: wallhack

extrasensory perception
extrasensory perception#English

(parapsychology) Abbreviation of extrasensory perception.

(by extension, video games) A cheat program that provides extra information that is not attainable during regular gameplay, such as player positions, equipment status, etc.


TD

TD (countable and uncountable, plural TDs)

(video games) Initialism of tower defense.


TD

ja-noun

TD(ティーディー) • (tī-dī)

タワーディフェンス タワーディフェンス#Japanese

Initialism of タワーディフェンス (tawā difensu, “tower defense”).


PES

Pro Evolution Soccer
w:Pro Evolution Soccer

(video games) Initialism of Pro Evolution Soccer.


CMS

en-noun

CMS (countable and uncountable, plural CMSes or CMSs)

(video games) Initialism of construction and management simulation: a style of game that involves planning and managing a population of citizens in a town or similar, without direct control of characters


D&D

(roleplaying games) Initialism of Dungeons & Dragons.


SS

Pokémon Sword and Shield
w:Pokémon Sword and Shield

(fandom slang) Initialism of Pokémon Sword and Shield.


mulligan

mulligan (countable and uncountable, plural mulligans)

Attested since the 1930s in the sense “chance to re-take a golf stroke”; probably from the name Mulligan, after a golfer who replayed a stroke. See Wikipedia for more information.

uusi käsi

card games: opportunity to draw a new initial hand

Pokemon has a mulligan rule: if you have no Pokemon in your opening hand, you show it to your opponent and redraw. You may also take a mulligan, I believe, if your opening hand has no basic power cards.

2009 February 17, LSJ, “Re: Why doesn't VTES have a mulligan rule?”, in rec.games.trading-cards.jyhad (Usenet), message-ID <soDml.10826$hc1.10451@flpi150.ffdc.sbc.com>:

April 1997 introduced the modern 'Paris mulligan' rule; previously a mulligan required either all land or no land in the hand and could be taken only once, now the mulligan can be taken as many times as desired with any hand, but reduces starting hand size by one each time the mulligan is taken.

2009 June 27, Zoe Stephenson, “Magic: The Gathering Rules FAQ, v4.03 (part 2)”, in rec.games.trading-cards.magic.rules (Usenet), message-ID <games/magic-t-g/rules/part2_1246075912@rtfm.mit.edu>:

(collectible card games) An opportunity (sometimes penalized) for a player to reshuffle their cards and draw a new initial hand at the beginning of a game.


PLO

Palestine Liberation Organization
w:Palestine Liberation Organization

Initialism of Palestine Liberation Organization.


wildcard

German wildcard Sabine Lisicki conquered her nerves to defeat France's Marion Bartoli and take her amazing Wimbledon run into the semi-finals.

2011 June 28, Piers Newbery, “Wimbledon 2011: Sabine Lisicki beats Marion Bartoli”, in BBC Sport:

(sports, card games) Alternative form of wild card.

шабло́н

derived adjective may be used in phrases


DQ

(video games) Initialism of Dragon Quest.


OC

OC (countable and uncountable, plural OCs)

out of character
out of character#English

(UK, roleplaying games) Initialism of out of character.


stripper

(gambling) A playing card that has been trimmed so that a cheat can recognise it from the back.


nat

After rolling a Strength check to move a heavy cabinet, I got a nat 1 and the cabinet fell on me.

in the Dark Sun campaign I'm playing in, the DM handles crits/fumbles this way: Natural 20: an excellent attack, player gets a bonus attack, if he gets another Nat. 20, he gets a 3rd attack, and so on.

1992 October 5, Jordan M. Wolbrum, “Critical Hits”, in rec.games.frp.dnd (Usenet):

Almost killed my cleric mage when she was juggling with another bard...missed the juggling check, rolled a nat 20 on the to-hit roll, and rolled maximum damage...and said cleric-mage was already wounded, and recuperating...8P

1995 September 21, Deanna Hatter, “How to roll d16 in level distribution?”, in rec.games.frp.dnd (Usenet):

But she continued. "I do a Survival check to see if there are any worm people in these puddles... and roll a nat twenty!"

2022, Shelly Mazzanoble, Welcome to Dragon Talk: Inspiring Conversations About Dungeons & Dragons and the People Who Love to Play It, Iowa City, I.A.: University of Iowa Press, →ISBN, page 56:

(roleplaying games, dice games, slang) Clipping of natural (“pertaining to a dice roll before bonuses or penalties have been applied to the result”).


бабушка

ru-noun+

ба́бушка • (bábuška) f anim (genitive ба́бушки, nominative plural ба́бушки, genitive plural ба́бушек)

ба́бушка (canonical)
bábuška (romanization)
ба́бушки (genitive)
ба́бушки (nominative plural)
ба́бушек (genitive plural)
ба́бушка (nominative singular)
ба́бушки (nominative plural)
ба́бушки (genitive singular)
ба́бушек (genitive plural)
ба́бушке (dative singular)
ба́бушкам (dative plural)
ба́бушку (accusative singular)
ба́бушек (accusative plural)
ба́бушкой (instrumental singular)
ба́бушкою (instrumental singular)
ба́бушками (instrumental plural)
ба́бушке (prepositional singular)
ба́бушках (plural prepositional)
ба́бушка (dated nominative singular)
ба́бушки (dated nominative plural)
ба́бушки (dated genitive singular)
ба́бушекъ (dated genitive plural)
ба́бушкѣ (dated dative singular)
ба́бушкамъ (dated dative plural)
ба́бушку (accusative dated singular)
ба́бушекъ (accusative dated plural)
ба́бушкой (dated instrumental singular)
ба́бушкою (dated instrumental singular)
ба́бушками (dated instrumental plural)
ба́бушкѣ (dated prepositional singular)
ба́бушкахъ (dated plural prepositional)

→ Ingrian: baabuška

→ English: babushka

→ Romanian: băbușcă

→ Votic: baabuškõ

desc

→ Yakut: баабыска (baabıska, “midwife; grandmother; old woman”)

ru-бабушка.ogg

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *babušьka. By surface analysis, ба́ба (bába) + -ушка (-uška).

surf

(slang) Gandhi's breakfast, eighty in the lotto game


int

en-verb

int (third-person singular simple present ints, present participle inting, simple past and past participle inted)

ints (present singular third-person)
inting (participle present)
inted (participle past)
inted (past)

2017 The difficulty in banning the ‘most toxic League of Legends player in North America’
Tyler’s signature crime was his habit of intentionally feeding or “inting” in ranked matches.

2018 Riot Games Comments on Intentional Feeding Sion Strategy
Inting, or intentional feeding, is one of the greatest sins in League of Legends. This strategy, apparently discovered by a player named MidLanerFromHell, uses Sion as a turret destroyer above all else, even sacrificing himself in the name of base destruction.

2019 Broxah reported Febiven for inting on stream

(intransitive, gaming) To intentionally throw a game or match, to deliberately die or lose (to harm one's team); (by extension) to die, to lose.

Sorry guys, I inted. I thought I could get the kill and then get out.

When did the definition of "int" go from "intentionally feeding" to just "dying a lot"?

(intransitive, gaming) To make a bad play, even if it's unintentional.


int

That was int tbh.


щека

bg-noun

ще́ка • (štéka) f

ще́ка (canonical)
štéka (romanization)
ще́ка (indefinite singular)
ще́ки (indefinite plural)
ще́ката (definite singular)
ще́ките (definite plural)


вилка

uk-noun

ви́лка • (výlka) f inan (genitive ви́лки, nominative plural ви́лки, genitive plural ви́лок, relational adjective ви́лковий, diminutive ви́лочка)

ви́лка (canonical)
výlka (romanization)
ви́лки (genitive)
ви́лки (nominative plural)
ви́лок (genitive plural)
ви́лковий (adjective relational)
ви́лочка (diminutive)
ви́лка (nominative singular)
ви́лки (nominative plural)
ви́лки (genitive singular)
ви́лок (genitive plural)
ви́лці (dative singular)
ви́лкам (dative plural)
ви́лку (accusative singular)
ви́лки (accusative plural)
ви́лкою (instrumental singular)
ви́лками (instrumental plural)
ви́лці (locative singular)
ви́лках (locative plural)
ви́лко (singular vocative)
ви́лки (plural vocative)

Inherited from Old Ruthenian ви́лка (vílka, “fork”), from Proto-Slavic *vidlъka. By surface analysis, ви́ла (výla) + -ка (-ka).


koń

pl-noun

koń m animal (diminutive konik, augmentative konisko, related adjective koński)

konik (diminutive)
konisko (augmentative)
koński (adjective)
koń (nominative singular)
konie (nominative plural)
konia (genitive singular)
koni (genitive plural)
koniowi (dative singular)
koniom (dative plural)
konia (accusative singular)
konie (accusative plural)
koniem (instrumental singular)
końmi (instrumental plural)
koniu (locative singular)
koniach (locative plural)
koniu (singular vocative)
konie (plural vocative)

darowanemu koniowi nie patrzy się w zęby

(chess) knight (chess piece, often in the shape of a horse's head, that is moved two squares in one direction and one at right angles to that direction in a single move, leaping over any intervening pieces)


dominoes

Any of several games played by arranging domino tiles on a flat surface.


talon

From Middle English talon, taloun, from Old French talon (“heel, spur”), from Medieval Latin tālōnem, from Vulgar Latin *tālōnis, from Latin tālus (“ankle”).

(card games) The remaining stock of undealt cards.


talon

Compare Malay terjun (“to dive, to jump from a high place”) and Malay turun (“descend; fall”).

cog

(gambling) a kind of bet in the game sakla


jeter

jeter (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
jetant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
jeté (participle past)
jette (first-person indicative present singular)
jettes (indicative present second-person singular)
jette (indicative present singular third-person)
jetons (first-person indicative plural present)
jetez (indicative plural present second-person)
jettent (indicative plural present third-person)
jetais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
jetais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
jetait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
jetions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
jetiez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
jetaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
jetai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
jetas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
jeta (historic indicative past singular third-person)
jetâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
jetâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
jetèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
jetterai (first-person future indicative singular)
jetterai (first-person future indicative singular)
jetteras (future indicative second-person singular)
jetteras (future indicative second-person singular)
jettera (future indicative singular third-person)
jettera (future indicative singular third-person)
jetterons (first-person future indicative plural)
jetterons (first-person future indicative plural)
jetterez (future indicative plural second-person)
jetterez (future indicative plural second-person)
jetteront (future indicative plural third-person)
jetteront (future indicative plural third-person)
jetterais (conditional first-person singular)
jetterais (conditional first-person singular)
jetterais (conditional second-person singular)
jetterais (conditional second-person singular)
jetterait (conditional singular third-person)
jetterait (conditional singular third-person)
jetterions (conditional first-person plural)
jetterions (conditional first-person plural)
jetteriez (conditional plural second-person)
jetteriez (conditional plural second-person)
jetteraient (conditional plural third-person)
jetteraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
jette (first-person present singular subjunctive)
jettes (present second-person singular subjunctive)
jette (present singular subjunctive third-person)
jetions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
jetiez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
jettent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
jetasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
jetasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
jetât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
jetassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
jetassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
jetassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
jette (imperative second-person singular)
jetons (first-person imperative plural)
jetez (imperative plural second-person)

Inherited from Old French jeter, from Late Latin iectāre, from Latin iactāre.


trichording

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-trichording.wav

From tri- + coordinate + -ing, referring to simultaneous movement along three orthogonal axes.

I know nothing about elite players but I belive^([sic]) trichording works at its best in dogfights.

1997, micnet, “SpaceOrb Debate (was: auto-levelling)”, in alt.games.descent (Usenet):

In order to know when someone's cheating, one has to know everything about the weapons in Descent 3. One must know reload rates, relative shield damage, and physics (to a small degree). One should also know about ship physics for each ship, and of course know about trichording and know what it looks like when a certain ship is trichording.

2002, Samus, “Releasing the 1.5 patch unofficially...”, in alt.games.descent (Usenet):

(slang, video games) Moving in three directions, about three axes.


HUD

An explosion just made us an exit! I'll mark it on your HUD, Chief, go!

2007 September 25, Bungie, Halo 3, spoken by Cortana (Jen Taylor), Microsoft Game Studios, Xbox 360, level/area: Cortana:

heads-up display
heads-up display#English

(technology) Acronym of heads-up display.


rock paper scissors

(hand games) A popular children's game using three hand signs representing rock, paper and scissors, frequently used as a tiebreaker.


срце

mk-noun

ср́це • (sŕce) n (plural ср́ца or ср́циња, relational adjective ср́цев, diminutive ср́ценце or ср́цуле)

ср́це (canonical)
sŕce (romanization)
ср́ца (plural)
ср́циња (plural)
ср́цев (adjective relational)
ср́ценце (diminutive)
ср́цуле (diminutive)
срце (indefinite singular)
срца (indefinite plural)
срцето (definite singular unspecified)
срцата (definite plural unspecified)
срцево (definite proximal singular)
срцава (definite plural proximal)
срцено (definite distal singular)
срцана (definite distal plural)
срце (singular vocative)
срца (plural vocative)
срце (indefinite singular)
срциња (indefinite plural)
срцето (definite singular unspecified)
срцињата (definite plural unspecified)
срцево (definite proximal singular)
срцињава (definite plural proximal)
срцено (definite distal singular)
срцињана (definite distal plural)
срце (singular vocative)
срциња (plural vocative)


срце

ср̏це (canonical neuter)
sȑce (romanization)
ср̏це (nominative singular)
срца (nominative plural)
ср̏ца (genitive singular)
ср̏даца (genitive plural)
срцу (dative singular)
срцима (dative plural)
срце (accusative singular)
срца (accusative plural)
срце (singular vocative)
срца (plural vocative)
срцу (locative singular)
срцима (locative plural)
срцем (instrumental singular)
срцима (instrumental plural)

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *sьrdьce, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *śirˀdís, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱérd.

the conventional shape or symbol ♥, used to represent the heart, love, or emotion


checkout

en-noun

checkout (countable and uncountable, plural checkouts)

(darts) The number of points that a player scores on their final, winning visit to the oche.


dink

en-verb

dink (third-person singular simple present dinks, present participle dinking, simple past and past participle dinked)

dinks (present singular third-person)
dinking (participle present)
dinked (participle past)
dinked (past)

Imitative. Originally US. Attested since the 1930s.

sound-symbolic

Imitative

(video games, slang, transitive) To land a non-lethal headshot on.


дурак

ru-noun+

дура́к • (durák) m anim (genitive дурака́, nominative plural дураки́, genitive plural дурако́в, feminine ду́ра, diminutive дурачо́к or дура́шка)

дура́к (canonical)
durák (romanization)
дурака́ (genitive)
дураки́ (nominative plural)
дурако́в (genitive plural)
ду́ра (feminine)
дурачо́к (diminutive)
дура́шка (diminutive)
дура́к (nominative singular)
дураки́ (nominative plural)
дурака́ (genitive singular)
дурако́в (genitive plural)
дураку́ (dative singular)
дурака́м (dative plural)
дурака́ (accusative singular)
дурако́в (accusative plural)
дурако́м (instrumental singular)
дурака́ми (instrumental plural)
дураке́ (prepositional singular)
дурака́х (plural prepositional)

→ Ingrian: durakka

→ Latgalian: duraks

→ Latvian: duraks

(card games) durak (a simple card game in which the last player holding cards in their hand is the loser)


дурак

uk-noun

дура́к • (durák) m pers (genitive дурака́, nominative plural дураки́, genitive plural дуракі́в, feminine ду́ра, diminutive дурачо́к)

дура́к (canonical)
durák (romanization)
дурака́ (genitive)
дураки́ (nominative plural)
дуракі́в (genitive plural)
ду́ра (feminine)
дурачо́к (diminutive)
дура́к (nominative singular)
дураки́ (nominative plural)
дурака́ (genitive singular)
дуракі́в (genitive plural)
дурако́ві (dative singular)
дураку́ (dative singular)
дурака́м (dative plural)
дурака́ (accusative singular)
дуракі́в (accusative plural)
дурако́м (instrumental singular)
дурака́ми (instrumental plural)
дурако́ві (locative singular)
дураку́ (locative singular)
дурака́х (locative plural)
дура́че (singular vocative)
дураки́ (plural vocative)

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Kreuz

de-noun

Kreuz n (strong, genitive Kreuzes, plural Kreuze, diminutive Kreuzchen n)

Kreuzes (genitive)
Kreuze (plural)
Kreuzchen (diminutive neuter)
Kreuz (nominative singular)
Kreuze (definite nominative plural)
Kreuzes (genitive singular)
Kreuze (definite genitive plural)
Kreuz (dative singular)
Kreuze (dative singular)
Kreuzen (dative definite plural)
Kreuz (accusative singular)
Kreuze (accusative definite plural)

From Middle High German kriuze, from Old High German kruzi, from Latin crux (gen. crucis).


srce

sȑce (canonical neuter)
ср̏це (Cyrillic)
sȑce (nominative singular)
srca (nominative plural)
sȑca (genitive singular)
sȑcā (genitive plural)
srcu (dative singular)
srcima (dative plural)
srce (accusative singular)
srca (accusative plural)
srce (singular vocative)
srca (plural vocative)
srcu (locative singular)
srcima (locative plural)
srcem (instrumental singular)
srcima (instrumental plural)

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *sьrdьce, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *śirˀdís, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱḗr.


srce

srcẹ̑ (canonical neuter)
srcẹ̑ (nominative singular)
sȓci (dual nominative)
sȓca (nominative plural)
srcȃ (genitive singular)
sȓc (dual genitive)
sȓc (genitive plural)
sȓcu (dative singular)
sȓci (dative singular)
sȓcema (dative dual)
sȓcama (dative dual)
sȓcem (dative plural)
sȓcam (dative plural)
srcẹ̑ (accusative singular)
sȓci (accusative dual)
sȓca (accusative plural)
sȓcu (locative singular)
sȓci (locative singular)
sȓcih (dual locative)
sȓcah (dual locative)
sȓcih (locative plural)
sȓcah (locative plural)
sȓcem (instrumental singular)
sȓcema (dual instrumental)
sȓcama (dual instrumental)
sȓci (instrumental plural)
srcẹ̑ (singular vocative)
sȓci (dual vocative)
sȓca (plural vocative)


takeout

en-noun

takeout (countable and uncountable, plural takeouts)

desc

Japanese: テイクアウト (teikuauto), テークアウト (tēkuauto)

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(bridge) A double of an opponent's bid, intended to invite one's partner to compete in the auction, rather than to penalise one's opponents.