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video game

SayVID-ee-oh gaymUS/ˈvɪdioʊ̯ˌɡeɪm/UK/ˈvɪdiːəʊ̯ˌɡeɪm/

Pluralvideo games

Verbvideo games, video gaming, video gamed

2 meanings of video game

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  1. 1
    play on screennouncountable
    A game that exists as software, usually run on a console or computer and played on a screen using a controller, keyboard, mouse, or touchscreen.

    The studio spent five years making its latest video game.

    Some surgeons say that years of playing video games sharpened their hand-eye coordination.

  2. 2
    play on screenverbrareintransitive
    To play video games.

    Kids who video game past midnight often struggle to wake up for school.

    And Mouse hacked and video gamed.
    2018, Nathan Lee Birr, One Life to Lose (The Douglas Files; 7)

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Origin

Formed from video + game.