Games

Games

board game: a game played on a flat board specially designed for it, often with small pieces that belong to each player, and dice

• Board games are fun for children and adults.

card game: a game played with a standard deck of cards or cards specially designed for it; bridge, canasta, hearts, Old Maid, Go Fish, etc.

• There are card games for children and for adults.

game: an entertainment where two or more people compete with each other

• Would you like to play a game with me?

hide-and-seek: a children's game where one child, who is "it, " must find another child in his or her hiding place, who then becomes "it"

• Hide-and-seek is a game played everywhere.

match: a tennis, soccer, or rugby game

• I'd love to go to the movies, but I have a tennis match this afternoon.

parlor game: an indoor game that is played among small groups of people at a party

• Charades is a popular parlor game.

sports: an athletic competition; a football game, a baseball game, a volleyball game, etc.

• He loves to spend Sundays watching sports.

tag: a children's game where one child, who is "it," must touch (tag) another, who then becomes "it"

• Tag is a game played by children of all ages.