Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- A less correct spelling of
gamy .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective suggestive of sexual impropriety.
- adjective foul-smelling; -- used of the smell of game beginning to taint.
- adjective spirited and resolute.
- adjective willing to proceed or act.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Having the
smell ,taste andtexture of consumedgame (meat ). - adjective
Plucky ,spirited orgritty - adjective
Risque ,sordid orsexually suggestive
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective willing to face danger
- adjective (used of the smell of meat) smelling spoiled or tainted
- adjective suggestive of sexual impropriety
Etymologies
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Examples
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Stabbing them to death is foolish because the meat would be too gamey from the adrenaline, and the corn fed pig gives more meat.
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Stabbing them to death is foolish because the meat would be too gamey from the adrenaline, and the corn fed pig gives more meat.
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Things are getting "gamey" - back here in America.
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A "'gamey'-game" makes sense coming from a single source.
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The meat was my kind of gamey and it was amazing what a difference hand-rolling pasta will make!
Michelle Won: My Trip to the Nutcracker and Dinner at Po, Which Ended Up Being Nutcracker Part 2 Michelle Won 2011
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The meat was my kind of gamey and it was amazing what a difference hand-rolling pasta will make!
Michelle Won: My Trip to the Nutcracker and Dinner at Po, Which Ended Up Being Nutcracker Part 2 Michelle Won 2011
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The meat was my kind of gamey and it was amazing what a difference hand-rolling pasta will make!
Michelle Won: My Trip to the Nutcracker and Dinner at Po, Which Ended Up Being Nutcracker Part 2 Michelle Won 2011
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The meat was my kind of gamey and it was amazing what a difference hand-rolling pasta will make!
Michelle Won: My Trip to the Nutcracker and Dinner at Po, Which Ended Up Being Nutcracker Part 2 Michelle Won 2011
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One problem with cooking wild duck or goose is that if overcooked which is very easy to do the so-called "gamey" taste folks dislike becomes very pronounced.
Archive 2009-01-01 2009
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My husband doesn't like cornish game hens - too "gamey" for him he's not crazy about lamb either - but I'll try this for myself sometime.
Sweet & Spicy Cherry Glazed Game Hens over Wild Rice kat 2008
mtgentry commented on the word gamey
This word never lets me down.
December 6, 2006
alexz commented on the word gamey
To me, this word refers to the flavor of wild animals versus the flavor of meat from domesticated animals. Tasting like deer or moose rather than beef. Tasting like grouse rather than chicken.
-grew up with hunters
January 29, 2016