"back-seat gaming" meaning in English

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Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} back-seat gaming (uncountable)
  1. Excessive commenting on the actions and decisions of someone playing a video game, by an individual who is not playing the game. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Video games
    Sense id: en-back-seat_gaming-en-noun-GU0HTXku Disambiguation of Video games: 68 32

Verb

Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} back-seat gaming
  1. present participle and gerund of back-seat game Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: back-seat game Related terms: back-seat driving, gaming
    Sense id: en-back-seat_gaming-en-verb-BPy0K9Rb Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 41 59 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 37 63 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 43 57

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