Definitions for gamy

gamy gam·y

Spelling: [gey-mee]
IPA: /ˈgeɪ mi/

Gamy is a 4 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 24 anagrams from letters in gamy (agmy).

Definitions for gamy

adjective

  1. having the tangy flavor or odor of game:
  2. having the flavor or odor of game or other meat kept uncooked until slightly tainted:
  3. plucky; spirited.
  4. lewd or suggestive; risqué.
  5. gross or squalid; unwholesome.

Origin of gamy

First recorded in 1835-45; game1 + -y1

Examples for gamy

When the bait begins to give off a gamy scent, the mothers come.

Like all of the family it is a gamy fish, and affords good sport to the angler.

Will the little ogre pass without repugnance from the gamy flavour of a carcase to the scent of flowers?

They are caught trolling and make a gamy fight on rod and reel.

The mountain quails are the largest and most beautiful of all the American quails, though the least hunted and the least gamy.

With reasonably light trout tackle they put up a gamy and interesting fight.

He is not gamy,—fighting's not his forte, A Haycock fight is just no sort of sport.

The trout were big, gamy fellows and Eddie was alert, obedient and respectful.

A car looks as if it were out fishing with a fishing rod springing from its top, bent just as if it were playing a gamy fish.

Did you notice how gamy he was, little brother; how he played?

Word Value for gamy
Scrable

10

Words with friends

11

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