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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Having the flavor or odor of game, especially game that is slightly spoiled.
  • adjective Ill-smelling; rank.
  • adjective Showing an unyielding spirit; plucky.
  • adjective Corrupt; tainted.
  • adjective Sordid; seamy.
  • adjective Sexually suggestive; racy.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Having the flavor of game; having a flavor as of game kept uncooked till it is slightly tainted, when it is held by connoisseurs to be in proper condition for the table: as, the venison was in fine gamy condition.
  • Spirited; plucky; game: as, a gamy little fellow.
  • Also, less correctly, spelled gamey.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective (Cookery) Having the flavor of game, esp. of game kept uncooked till near the condition of tainting; high-flavored.
  • adjective (Sporting) Showing an unyielding spirit to the last; plucky; furnishing sport.
  • adjective Same as gamey.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Alternative spelling of gamey.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective willing to face danger
  • adjective suggestive of sexual impropriety
  • adjective (used of the smell of meat) smelling spoiled or tainted

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