gaming /ˈɡeɪmɪŋ/ noun5 •The playing of a game.[…] the unprofitable plays, frivolous recreations, sportings, and gamings which are invented to pass away the precious time, and divert the mind from the witness of God […] — 1678 •Ellipsis of videogaming. •Synonym of gambling. •Careful, strategic use of rules to achieve one's purposes, as one would use the rules of a game. •(Internet) Used in noun compounds to describe anything that is decorated in rainbow colors, in a parody of LED-equipped peripherals marketed as "gaming mice", etc. formsgamings
