gaming

noun

gam·​ing ˈgā-miŋ 

1

: the practice or activity of playing games for stakes : gambling

After a six-decade absence, casino gaming makes its return next month to this Southern Indiana valley, once famous for luxury resorts that attracted the nation's elite.

—Michael Rubino

In the same way, casino owners almost never refer to "gambling," which brings to mind damp basements and dice, but always "gaming," which suggests Whist or Scrabble enjoyed in front of a crackling fireplace.

—Wayne Curtis

—often used before another noun

the gaming industry

2

: the practice or activity of playing games (such as board games, card games, or video games)

online/mobile/PC gaming

When most people think of computer gaming, they envision some things that aren't exactly politically correct. Things like blazing lasers, spattering blood and beheaded aliens. However, Internet gaming really does offer something for everyone.

—Kim Komando

—often used before another noun

You can get curved gaming monitors too, for added immersion in certain games.

—Jon Martindale

After looking through the gaming options, we decided on Quick Draw—a game that gives one participant a word to draw, while the other callers try to guess what the word is.

—Becca Miller

Examples of gaming in a Sentence

He does a lot of gaming online.

Recent Examples on the Web

Like year three, usually, the conversation around the gaming console comes down, so people are shifting the conversation more to the next gen, or something like that. —Jennifer Maas, Variety, 31 Oct. 2024

The gaming go-to-market strategy has a lot to do with music budgets. —Adam Rumanek, Rolling Stone, 30 Oct. 2024

In addition to trying and failing with NFTs in Ghost Recon: Breakpoint, last year, the company announced a strategic partnership with web3 gaming platform Immutable after reports of Ubisoft employees internally criticizing the company’s blockchain projects. —Ash Parrish, The Verge, 30 Oct. 2024

This is the gaming aspect of the device that is supposed to separate it from AirPods. —Gieson Cacho, The Mercury News, 28 Oct. 2024

Word History

Etymology

game entry 1 or game entry 3 + -ing entry 1

First Known Use

1501, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Phrases Containing gaming

• tabletop gaming

Kids Definition

gaming

noun

gam·​ing

ˈgā-miŋ

1

: the practice of gambling

2

: the acting out of a situation (as war) for training or testing

3

: the playing of video games