| amberjack |
any of various large game fishes of warm oceans; yellowtail. |
| application program |
a computer program designed to be used by, and perform a particular function for, end users, such as a word-processing program, browser, or game. |
| auction bridge |
a version of bridge in which players bid for the right to specify which suit will be trump, any extra tricks won beyond the contract being scored toward a game. |
| baccarat |
a card game, often played for high stakes in European casinos, in which the dealer plays against several other players. |
| backgammon |
a board game in which each of two opponents throws dice and tries to move several pieces clockwise around and eventually off the board. |
| bag |
to kill or capture (game). [1/11 definitions] |
| bagatelle |
a game played with balls and cues on a table with holes at one end. [1/3 definitions] |
| ball1 |
a game played with a ball, esp. baseball. [1/7 definitions] |
| ball boy |
a boy or young man who retrieves stray balls during a tennis or baseball game, or who has charge of balls used in practice, as in football and basketball. |
| ball girl |
a girl or young woman who retrieves stray balls during a tennis or baseball game, or who has charge of balls used in practice, as in field hockey or volleyball. |
| baseball |
a game played with a bat and ball by two teams of nine players each, the object being to score runs by advancing runners around four bases. [2 definitions] |
| basketball |
a game played by two teams of five players each, with points scored by shooting the ball through a raised metal hoop and net at the opponent's end of the court. [2 definitions] |
| batting |
the action of using a bat in a game of baseball or cricket. [1/2 definitions] |
| battledore |
the paddle used in this game. [1/2 definitions] |
| beano |
a game similar to bingo, often using beans as markers. |
| beater |
a person whose job it is to flush out game for hunting by striking the bushes and ground cover. [1/4 definitions] |
| bezique |
a card game similar to pinochle but using two of each card higher than a six. |
| billiards |
(used with a sing. verb) a game played on a cloth-covered rectangular table that has a cushioned rim, in which players use a long cue stick to drive hard balls against one another or into pockets at the edges and corners of the table. (Cf. pool2.) |
| bingo |
a game of chance in which markers are placed on numbered squares on a card, in accordance with numbers chosen randomly and announced by a caller, and which is won by placing five such markers in a row. |
| bird dog |
a dog or breed of dogs used to hunt or retrieve game birds. |
| birling |
a game or contest of skill between two lumberjacks, won by whoever maintains his balance longest while balancing on and rotating a floating log. |