The teacher writes the word on the chalkboard and writes the definition of the word on a sheet of paper from a small pad. Then the teacher hands a sheet from the same pad to each student. The student must write on that sheet his or her name and a definition of the word. The teacher collects all the definitions. One by one, the teacher reads the definitions.
Students consider each definition.
Then, as the teacher rereads them, the students vote for the definition that they believe is the real meaning of the word. The person with the most points at the end of the game wins. You can easily adapt this game to many areas of the curriculum. Each student writes the letters A to Z on a sheet of paper. The students have five minutes to create an alphabetical list of as many foods as they can think of.