Gamy

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  gamy \gam"y\, a.
     1. (Cookery) Having the flavor of game, esp. of game kept
        uncooked till near the condition of tainting;
        high-flavored.
        [1913 Webster]
  


     2. (Sporting) Showing an unyielding spirit to the last;
        plucky; furnishing sport; as, a gamy trout.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. Same as {gamey}.
        [PJC] -- {gam"i*ness}, n.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  gamy
       adj 1: suggestive of sexual impropriety; "a blue movie"; "blue
              jokes"; "he skips asterisks and gives you the gamy
              details"; "a juicy scandal"; "a naughty wink";
              "naughty words"; "racy anecdotes"; "a risque story";
              "spicy gossip" [syn: {blue}, {gamey}, {juicy}, {naughty},
               {racy}, {risque}, {spicy}]
       2: used of the smell of game beginning to taint [syn: {gamey},
          {high}]
       3: willing to face danger [syn: {game}, {gamey}, {gritty}, {mettlesome},
           {spirited}, {spunky}]
       [also: {gamiest}, {gamier}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  74 Moby Thesaurus words for "gamy":
     bad, bad-smelling, blown, bulldoggish, fecal, fetid, foul, frowsty,
     frowy, frowzy, fulsome, funky, fusty, game, graveolent, gritty,
     gutsy, gutty, high, high-tasted, ill-smelling, malodorous,
     mephitic, mettlesome, miasmal, miasmic, mildewed, mildewy, moldy,
     musty, nervy, nidorous, noisome, noxious, odorous, off, offensive,
     olid, pertinacious, plucky, putrid, rancid, rank, reasty, reasy,
     red-blooded, reechy, reeking, reeky, repulsive, resolute, rotten,
     smellful, smelling, smelly, sour, soured, spirited, spiritful,
     spunky, stale, stenchy, stinking, stinky, strong, strong-flavored,
     strong-tasting, stuffy, sulfurous, tainted, tenacious, tough,
     turned, vile