video game
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈvɪdiːəʊ̯ˌɡeɪm/
ipa: /ˈvɪdioʊ̯ˌɡeɪm/
ipa: /ˈvɪdjoʊˌɡeɪm/
rhymes: -eɪm
Forms: form: video games
form: video gaming
form: video gamed
form: video gamed
form: video-game
Etymology: From video + game.
Senses: examples: text: Soloway coins the “Nintendo Generation” expression, putting the attention on the never-seen-before trait of young people: they are video gaming.
ref: 2015, Emanuele Rapetti, Lorenzo Cantoni, “Learners of Digital Era (LoDE): What’s True, and What’s Just Hype About the So-Called Digital Natives”, in Mohamed Ally, Badrul H[uda] Khan, editors, International Handbook of E-learning, volumes 2 (Implementation and Case Studies), New York, N.Y.; London: Routledge, →ISBN, page 79:
text: And Mouse hacked and video gamed.
ref: 2018, Nathan Lee Birr, One Life to Lose (The Douglas Files; 7), Beacon Books, LLC, →ISBN, page 75:
text: He’d logged on once, only for her to demand to know why he was video gaming during a supposed vacation.
ref: 2018, Vivienne Savage, Xander (Nova Force; 1), Payne & Taylor:
text: They may not be engaged because they have fully bought into the existing structures, or because they are video gaming in their dorm rooms, or because they are working multiple jobs to pay for college (or to feed a family).
ref: 2019, Rahuldeep Gill, “The Call of Death and the Depth of Our Callings: The Quality of Vocational Discernment”, in David S. Cunningham, editor, Hearing Vocation Differently: Meaning, Purpose, and Identity in the Multi-Faith Academy, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, part one (Reframing Vocation: Creating Spaces for New Ways of Hearing), page 86:
text: This is one of the most common scenarios we see in our center — when a teen or young adult wants to finish high school, or more often college, and they are video gaming 12 hours a day.
ref: 2021, David N. Greenfield, “Ten Things You Can Do to Reduce Your Internet Use”, in Overcoming Internet Addiction (For Dummies), John Wiley & Sons, Inc., →ISBN, part 5 (The Part of Tens), page 296:
text: It means you show up. Whether it’s a diaper change, advising your son about girls, patting his back after a tough sports game, or egging him on to stop slacking off while he’s video gaming.
ref: 2021, Kendall Smith, “Step One: Being There”, in Rookie Father: A Playbook for Men Experiencing Fatherhood for the First Time, Familius LLC, →ISBN:
text: Relatedly, families that video gamed together reported better family satisfaction and closer relationships within the family (Wang et al., 2018).
ref: 2022, Marco Rüth, Kai Kaspar, “Educational and Social Exergaming: A Perspective on Physical, Social, and Educational Benefits and Pitfalls of Exergaming at Home During the COVID-19 Pandemic and Afterwards”, in Pedro L. Almeida, Michael Brach, Ricardo De La Vega, Mauricio Garzon, Julia Maria D’andréa Greve, Margarita Limon, Luis Mochizuki, editors, Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19): Psychological and Behavioral Consequences of Confinement on Physical Activity, Sedentarism, and Rehabilitation, Frontiers Media, →ISBN, page 508, column 1:
text: His feet were clad in brightly colored sneakers that made her think of the boyish side of him that often emerged when he was video gaming.
ref: 2023, Caridad Piñeiro, chapter 10, in Biscayne Bay Breach (South Beach Security; 3), Harlequin Intrigue, →ISBN:
glosses: To play video games.
Related terms: computer game
electronic game
mobile game