gaming

verb

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of game

noun

1. (uncountable, usually)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 […]”

   “The US gaming industry, in a pamphlet called Demystifying Slot Machines […], argues that "slot manufacturers need to build devices for a society with a decreasing attention span and an increasing demand for exciting, fast-paced entertainment, all in a marketplace overflowing with competing entertainment options".”

2. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, uncountable, usually)The playing of a game.
3. (Internet, uncountable, usually)The playing of a game.
4. (uncountable, usually)The playing of a game.
5. (uncountable, usually)Careful, strategic use of rules to achieve one's purposes, as one would use the rules of a game.