Meaning of "game"

game •

n.
• • 1. a contest for exercise, amusement or prize: laro, paligsahan sa laro
  • 2. a game of chance, gambling: sugal, huwego
  • 3. wild animals hunted or taken for sport or for food: mga hayop na nahuhuli (hinuhuli) sa pamamaril o pangangaso

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hunt

n.
• • 1. a search, an attempt: paghanap, paghahanap
  • 2. hunting for wild game: pamamaril, pangangaso

v.
• • 1. to chase for food or for fun: mamaril, mangaso
  • 2. to search, to seek: maghanap, hanapin

tennis

n.
• • a game played by two or four players: tenis

football

n.
• • a game: putbol

round

adj.
• • 1. shaped like a ball: bilog, mabilog, hugis-bola, parang bola
  • 2. shaped like a ring or circle: hugis-singsing
  • 3. shaped like a tube: hugis-tubo
  • 4. full, complete: buo, husto, kompleto adv. 1. through a round of time: sa buong taon
  • 2. in all directions from, to all parts of: palibut-libot, sa lahat ng panig (dako)

n.
• • 1. circumference, the distance around: bilog, kabilugan
  • 2. a series: pagkakasunud-sunod
  • 3. a fixed course ending where it begins: paglibot, paglilibot
  • 4. a movement in a circle: ikit, pag-ikit, ikot, pag-ikot
  • 5. a section of a game: raun
  • 6. the distance between limits, range: saklaw
  • 7. bullets, etc., for one simultaneous discharge of guns: rolyo ng bala

v.
• • 1. to make round: magbilog, bilugin
  • 2. to become round: maging bilog
  • 3. to go around: umikot, lumigid
  • 4. to make rounds: maglibot, magbisita

sports

n.
• • 1. a game, play: laro
  • 2. competitive play: palakasan, paligsahan
  • 3. fun, play, amusement: libangan, palilibang, paglalaro, aliwan

v.
• • to play: maglaro, laruin

gamble

n.
• • 1. game for money: huwego, sugal, pakikipagsapalaran
  • 2. bet: pusta

v.
• • 1. to play games of chance for money: magsugal, maghuwego
  • 2. to bet: pumusta, mamusta

pool

n.
• • 1. a small body of still water: lawa
  • 2. a small amount of water, e.g., lying on a road, floor, etc.: lawa, danaw, sanaw
  • 3. a swimming pool: languyan, palanguyan
  • 4. a game like billiards, played with balls on a special table: pul, bilyar
  • 5. the money (or things) put together by different persons: bakasan
  • 6. the persons who form a pool: magkabakas, magkasosyo, magkakabakas, magkakasosyo

v.
• • to put money (or things) together for common advantage: magbakas, magbakasan, pagbakasin, magsosyo, magsosyuhan, pagsosyuhin, pagbakas-bakasin, pagsosyo-sosyuhin, pagpisan-pisanin, pagsama-samahin

marble

n.
• • 1. a hard substance, white or colored, that will take a beautiful polish: marmol
  • 2. a small ball of marble, clay, glass, etc., used in games of the same name: holen, holin, diyolin
  • 3. any game played with marbles: holen, holin, diyolin

adj.
• • made of marble: marmol, yari sa marmol, marmolisado

court

n.
• • 1. place where justice is administered, tribunal: hukuman, husgado
  • 2. Court of First Instance: Hukumang Unang Dulugan
  • 3. Supreme Court: Kataas-taasang Hukuman, Korte Suprema
  • 4. a sovereign and his retinue: korte
  • 5. space partly or wholly enclosed by walls or buildings: patyo
  • 6. a place marked off for a game: laruan, palaruan

v.
• • 1. to seek the favor of, to try to please: manuyo, sumuyo suyuin
  • 2. to court, to woo: manligaw, lumigaw, ligawan

hunter

n.
• • one who hunts game: mamamaril, mangangaso

play

n.
• • 1. fun, sport, action to amuse oneself: laro, paglalaro
  • 2. a turn, move or act in a game as in chess and the like: sulong, tira
  • 3. a story acted on the stage: dula, drama, palabas
  • 4. a performance on a musical instrument: tugtog, pagtugtog
  • 5. an action: gawa, kagagawan
  • 6. gambling: sugal, pagsusugal, huwego, paghuhuwego

v.
• • 1. to have fun, to do something in sport: maglaro, laruin
  • 2. to gamble: magsugal, isugal, maghuwego, ihuwego
  • 3. to take part in a game: sumali sa laro, makipaglaro
  • 4. to play against, to compete: lumaban, labanan (sa laro), makipagpaligsahan (sa laro)
  • 5. to make music on an instrument, to make, give forth music, to produce as music: tumugtog, tugtugin
  • 6. to act a part, to act the part of: gumanap ng papel, ganapin ang papel
  • 7. to act carelessly, to do foolish things with something: paglaruan, laruin
  • 8. to play on, to take advantage of; make use of: magsamantala, pagsamantalahan, samantalahin

quail

n.
• • a small game bird: pugo

draw

v.
• • 1. to pull: humila, mahila, hilahin, bumatak, mabatak, batakin, humatak, mahatak, hatakin
  • 2. to attract: umakit, maakit, akitin, kumayag, makayag, kayagin
  • 3. to pull out: magbunot, bumunot, bunutin, dumukot, dukutin
  • 4. to take out or get, as water from a well or jar: sumalok, salukin
  • 5. to take out: maglabas, ilabas
  • 6. to sketch with a pencil or ink: gumuhit, iguhit, magdrowing, idrowing
  • 7. to prepare or do by writing: gumawa, maghanda
  • 8. to tie in a game: magpatas, pumatas, magtabla, tumabla
  • 9. to draw a prize: magkagantimpala, magkapremyo
  • 10. to draw lots: magpalabunutan

n.
• • 1. the pulling out of a weapon: pagbunot, paghugot, pagdukot
  • 2. a tie in a game: patas, tabla

challenge

n.
• • 1. an invitation to a game or contest: hamon, paghamon, reto
  • 2. an objection: tutol, pagtutol

v.
• • to invite to a contest: humamon, hamunin

roulette

n.
• • a gambling game in which people bet on the turn of a wheel: ruleta

sugal

n.
• • gambling, any game (usually a game of cards) that involves a bet or wager sugalan (-an)

n.
• • gambling den

v.
• • magsugal (mag-) to gamble. Huwag kang magsugal. Don't gamble.

talo

adj.
• • defeated, beaten, surpassed matalo (ma-)

v.
• • to be defeated, to lose. Natalo sila sa basketbol. They lost the basketball game. mangtalo, talunin (mang-:-in)

v.
• • to defeat, to surpass, to win over. Baka talunin ka ni Juan. John might defeat you.

pulitana

Sp n.
• • flush score in a game of cards called panggingge

sali

v.
• • sumali (-um-) to participate, to join. Sumali si Terry sa mga palaro. Terry joined in with the parlor games. magsali, isali (mag-:i-)

v.
• • to allow one to participate, to include in a group or group work. Isali ninyo si Sandra sa inyong laro. Include Sandra in your game.

taya

n.
• • the `it' in a game

v.
• • tumaya (-um-) to wager, to bet on. Tumaya kami sa kabayong itim. We bet on the black horse. magtaya', itaya' (mag-:i-)

v.
• • to wager, to bet. Itaya mo ang lahat ng iyong salapi. Bet all the money you have.

duplo

n.
• • poetical game or contest dramatically strung to a short narrative sequence.

huweteng

Ch n.
• • a number pairing game

madyong

Ch n.
• • the game of mahjong

sungka

n.
• • native game

siklot

n.
• • a game of skill consisting of throwing up a given number of seeds (of sigay, small shells or small stones) and catching them with the back of the hand

dama

n.
• • a native game of chess of checkers

laro

n.
• • game

v.
• • maglaro (mag-) to play (a game). Maglaro kayo sa silong. Play in the basement. laruin (-in) to play with. Laruin mo ang bata. Play with the child.

piko

n.
• • pick piko'

n.
• • children's game of hopscotch