Synonyms of the word

game

• n. A playful or competitive activity.
• n. (countable) A video game.
• n. (countable, informal, nearly always singular) A field of gainful activity, as an industry or profession.
• n. (countable, figuratively) Something that resembles a game with rules, despite not being designed.
• n. (countable, military) An exercise simulating warfare, whether computerized or involving human participants.
• n. (uncountable) Wild animals hunted for food.
• n. (uncountable, informal, used mostly of males) The ability to seduce someone, usually by strategy.
• n. (countable) A questionable or unethical practice in pursuit of a goal; a scheme.
• adj. (colloquial) Willing to participate.
• adj. (of an animal) That shows a tendency to continue to fight against another animal, despite being wounded,…
• adj. Persistent, especially in senses similar to the above.
• adj. Injured, lame (of a limb).
• v. (intransitive) To gamble.
• v. (intransitive) To play video games and be a gamer.
• v. (transitive) To exploit loopholes in a system or bureaucracy in a way which defeats or nullifies the spirit…
• v. (transitive, slang, of males) To perform premeditated seduction strategy.

activity

• n. The state or quality of being active; nimbleness; agility; vigorous action or operation; energy; active…
• n. Something done as an action or a movement.
• n. Something done for pleasure or entertainment, especially one involving movement or an excursion.
• n. Use (of internet, Playstation, bank account etc.).

animal

• n. In scientific usage, a multicellular organism that is usually mobile, whose cells are not encased in a…
• n. In non-scientific usage, any member of the kingdom Animalia other than a human.
• n. In non-scientific usage, any land-living vertebrate (i.e. not birds, fishes, insects etc.).
• n. (figuratively) A person who behaves wildly; a bestial, brutal, brutish, cruel, or inhuman person.
• n. (informal) A person of a particular type.
• adj. Of or relating to animals.
• adj. Raw, base, unhindered by social codes.
• adj. Pertaining to the spirit or soul; relating to sensation or innervation.
• adj. (slang, Ireland) Excellent.

back

• adj. (not comparable) Near the rear.
• adj. (not comparable) Not current.
• adj. (not comparable) Far from the main area.
• adj. In arrear; overdue.
• adj. Moving or operating backward.
• adj. (comparable, phonetics) Produced in the back of the mouth.
• adv. (not comparable) To or in a previous condition or place.
• adv. Away from the front or from an edge.
• adv. In a manner that impedes.
• adv. In a reciprocal manner.
• n. The rear of the body, especially the part between the neck and the end of the spine and opposite the chest…
• n. That which is farthest away from the front.
• n. (figuratively) Upper part of a natural object which is considered to resemble an animal's back.
• n. A support or resource in reserve.
• n. (nautical) The keel and keelson of a ship.
• n. (mining) The roof of a horizontal underground passage.
• n. (slang, uncountable) Effort, usually physical.
• n. A non-alcoholic drink (often water or a soft drink), to go with hard liquor or a cocktail.
• n. Among leather dealers, one of the thickest and stoutest tanned hides.
• v. (intransitive) To go in the reverse direction.
• v. (transitive) To support.
• v. (nautical, of the wind) To change direction contrary to the normal pattern; that is, to shift anticlockwise…
• v. (nautical, of a square sail) To brace the yards so that the wind presses on the front of the sail, to…
• v. (nautical, of an anchor) To lay out a second, smaller anchor to provide additional holding power.
• v. (Britain, of a hunting dog) To stand still behind another dog which has pointed.
• v. (transitive) To push or force backwards.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To get upon the back of; to mount.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To place or seat upon the back.
• v. To make a back for; to furnish with a back.
• v. To adjoin behind; to be at the back of.
• v. To write upon the back of, possibly as an endorsement.
• v. (law, of a justice of the peace) To sign or endorse (a warrant, issued in another county, to apprehend…
• v. To row backward with (oars).
• n. A large shallow vat; a cistern, tub, or trough, used by brewers, distillers, dyers, picklers, gluemakers,…
• n. A ferryboat.

beast

• n. Any animal other than a human; usually only applied to land vertebrates, especially large or dangerous…
• n. (more specific) A domestic animal, especially a bovine farm animal.
• n. A person who behaves in a violent, antisocial or uncivilized manner.
• n. (slang) A large and impressive thing or structure.
• n. (slang) Someone who is particularly impressive, especially athletically or physically.
• n. (slang, prisons) A sex offender.
• n. (figuratively) Something unpleasant and difficult.
• v. (Britain, military) to impose arduous exercises, either as training or as punishment.
• adj. (slang) great; excellent; powerful.

bet

• n. A wager, an agreement between two parties that a stake (usually money) will be paid by the loser to the…
• n. A degree of certainty.
• v. To stake or pledge upon the outcome of an event; to wager.
• v. To be sure of something; to be able to count on something.
• v. (poker) To place money into the pot in order to require others do the same, usually only used for the…
• n. Alternative form of beth.
• prep. (knitting) between.

biz

• n. (slang) Business.

brave

• adj. Strong in the face of fear; courageous.
• adj. (obsolete) Having any sort of superiority or excellence.
• adj. Making a fine show or display.
• n. (dated, possibly offensive) A Native American warrior.
• n. (obsolete) A man daring beyond discretion; a bully.
• n. (obsolete) A challenge; a defiance; bravado.
• v. (transitive) To encounter with courage and fortitude, to defy.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To adorn; to make fine or showy.

brute

• adj. Without reason or intelligence (of animals).
• adj. Characteristic of unthinking animals; senseless, unreasoning (of humans).
• adj. Being unconnected with intelligence or thought; purely material, senseless.
• adj. Crude, unpolished.
• adj. Strong, blunt, and spontaneous.
• adj. Brutal; cruel; fierce; ferocious; savage; pitiless.
• adj. Inexplicable.
• n. (now archaic) An animal seen as being without human reason; a senseless beast.
• n. A person with the characteristics of an unthinking animal; a coarse or brutal person.
• n. (archaic, Britain, Cambridge University slang) One who has not yet matriculated.
• v. Obsolete spelling of bruit.

business

• n. (countable) A specific commercial enterprise or establishment.
• n. (countable) A person's occupation, work, or trade.
• n. (uncountable) Commercial, industrial, or professional activity.
• n. (uncountable) The volume or amount of commercial trade.
• n. (uncountable) One's dealings; patronage.
• n. (uncountable) Private commercial interests taken collectively.
• n. (uncountable) The management of commercial enterprises, or the study of such management.
• n. (countable) A particular situation or activity.
• n. (countable) An objective or a matter needing to be dealt with.
• n. (uncountable) Something involving one personally.
• n. (uncountable, parliamentary procedure) Matters that come before a body for deliberation or action.
• n. (travel, uncountable) Business class, the class of seating provided by airlines between first class and…
• n. (acting) Action carried out with a prop or piece of clothing, usually away from the focus of the scene.
• n. (countable, rare) The collective noun for a group of ferrets.
• n. (uncountable, slang, Britain) Something very good; top quality. (possibly from "the bee's knees").
• n. (slang, uncountable) Excrement, particularly that of a non-human animal.
• adj. Of, to, pertaining to or utilized for purposes of conducting trade, commerce, governance, advocacy or…
• adj. Professional, businesslike, having concern for good business practice.
• adj. Supporting business, conducive to the conduct of business.

caper

• n. A playful leap or jump.
• n. A jump while dancing.
• n. A prank or practical joke.
• n. (usually in plural) Playful behaviour.
• n. A crime, especially theft, or a narrative about such a crime.
• v. To leap or jump about in a sprightly or playful manner.
• v. To jump as part of a dance.
• v. To engage in playful behaviour.
• n. A vessel formerly used by the Dutch; privateer.
• n. The pungent grayish green flower bud of the European and Oriental caper (Capparis spinosa), which is pickled…
• n. A plant of the genus Capparis.
• n. (Scotland) The capercaillie.

competition

• n. (uncountable) The action of competing.
• n. (countable) A contest for a prize or award.
• n. (uncountable, collectively) The competitors in such a contest.

contest

• n. (uncountable) Controversy; debate.
• n. (uncountable) Struggle for superiority; combat.
• n. (countable) A competition.
• v. (intransitive) To contend.
• v. (transitive) To call into question; to oppose.
• v. (transitive) To strive earnestly to hold or maintain; to struggle to defend.
• v. (law) To make a subject of litigation; to defend, as a suit; to dispute or resist, as a claim, by course…

courageous

• adj. Of a person, displaying or possessing courage.
• adj. Of an action, that requires courage.

creature

• n. (now rare) A created thing, whether animate or inanimate; a creation.
• n. A living being; an animal or human.
• n. A being subservient to or dependent upon another.

crippled

• adj. (usually offensive) Having a less than fully functional limb, or injuries which prevent full mobility.
• adj. (usually offensive) Having any difficulty or impediment which can be likened to a crippling injury.
• v. simple past tense and past participle of cripple.

diversion

• n. (military) A tactic used to draw attention away from the real threat or action.
• n. A hobby; an activity that distracts the mind.
• n. The act of diverting.
• n. Removal of water via a canal.
• n. (transport) A detour, such as during road construction.
• n. (transport) The rerouting of cargo or passengers to a new transshipment point or destination, or to a…
• n. (law) Officially halting or suspending a formal criminal or juvenile justice proceeding and referral of…

fauna

• n. (uncountable) animals considered as a group; especially those of a particular country, region, time, etc.
• n. (countable) a book, cataloguing the animals of a country etc.

frolic

• adj. (now rare) Merry, joyous; later especially, frolicsome, sportive, full of playful mischief.
• adj. (obsolete, rare) Free; liberal; bountiful; generous.
• n. Gaiety; merriment.
• n. A playful antic.
• v. (intransitive) To romp; to behave playfully and uninhibitedly.
• v. (transitive, archaic) To cause to be merry.

gage

• v. (obsolete) To give or deposit as a pledge or security; to pawn.
• v. (archaic) To wager, to bet.
• v. To bind by pledge, or security; to engage.
• n. Something, such as a glove or other pledge, thrown down as a challenge to combat (now usually figurative).
• n. (obsolete) Something valuable deposited as a guarantee or pledge; security, ransom.
• n. US alternative spelling of gauge (a measure, instrument for measuring, etc.).
• v. (US) Alternative spelling of gauge (to measure).
• n. A subspecies of plum, Prunus domestica subsp. italica.
• n. (obsolete, Britain, thieves' cant) A quart pot.
• n. (archaic, Britain, slang) A pint pot.
• n. (archaic, Britain, slang, metonymically) A drink.
• n. (archaic, Britain, slang) A tobacco pipe.
• n. (archaic, Britain, slang) A chamberpot.
• n. (archaic, Britain, slang) A small quantity of anything.
• n. (slang, dated) Marijuana.

gambol

• v. (intransitive) To move about playfully; to frolic.
• v. (Britain, West Midlands) To do a forward roll.
• n. An instance of running or skipping about playfully.
• n. An instance of more general frisking or frolicking.

gamey

• adj. Having the smell, taste and texture of consumed game (meat).
• adj. Plucky, spirited or gritty.
• adj. Risque, sordid or sexually suggestive.

gamy

• adj. Alternative spelling of gamey.

gimpy

• adj. limping, lame, with crippled legs.
• adj. exhibiting deficiencies associated with the derogatory term "gimp", such as might inspire discomfort or…

gritty

• adj. Containing sand or grit; consisting of grit; caused by grit; full of hard particles.
• adj. Spirited; resolute; unyielding.
• adj. (film, literature) Intense and starkly realistic, especially if violent.

halt

• v. (intransitive) To limp; move with a limping gait.
• v. (intransitive) To stand in doubt whether to proceed, or what to do; hesitate; be uncertain; linger; delay;…
• v. (intransitive) To be lame, faulty, or defective, as in connection with ideas, or in measure, or in versification.
• v. (intransitive) To stop marching.
• v. (intransitive) To stop either temporarily or permanently.
• v. (transitive) To bring to a stop.
• v. (transitive) To cause to discontinue.
• n. A cessation, either temporary or permanent.
• n. (rail transport) A minor railway station (usually unstaffed) in the United Kingdom.
• adj. (archaic) Lame, limping.
• v. To limp.
• v. To waver.
• v. To falter.
• n. (dated) Lameness; a limp.

halting

• adj. prone to pauses or breaks; hesitant; broken.
• v. present participle of halt.

job

• n. A task.
• n. An economic role for which a person is paid.
• n. (in noun compounds) Plastic surgery.
• n. (computing) A task, or series of tasks, carried out in batch mode (especially on a mainframe computer).
• n. A sudden thrust or stab; a jab.
• n. A public transaction done for private profit; something performed ostensibly as a part of official duty,…
• n. Any affair or event which affects one, whether fortunately or unfortunately.
• n. A thing (often used in a vague way to refer to something whose name one cannot recall).
• v. (intransitive) To do odd jobs or occasional work for hire.
• v. (intransitive) To work as a jobber.
• v. (intransitive, professional wrestling slang) To take the loss.
• v. (transitive, trading) To buy and sell for profit, as securities; to speculate in.
• v. (transitive, often with out) To subcontract a project or delivery in small portions to a number of contractors.
• v. (intransitive) To seek private gain under pretence of public service; to turn public matters to private…
• v. To strike or stab with a pointed instrument.
• v. To thrust in, as a pointed instrument.
• v. To hire or let in periods of service.

lame

• adj. Unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs.
• adj. Moving with pain or difficulty on account of injury, defect or temporary obstruction of a function.
• adj. (by extension) Hobbling; limping; inefficient; imperfect.
• adj. (slang) Unconvincing or unbelievable.
• adj. (slang) Failing to be cool, funny, interesting or relevant.
• adj. (slang) Strangely corny or sweet to an extent.
• v. (transitive) to cause a person or animal to become lame.
• n. A lamina.
• n. (in the plural) A set of joined overlapping metal plates.
• v. (obsolete) To shine.

line

• n. A path through two or more points (compare ‘segment’); a continuous mark, including as made by a pen;…
• n. A rope, cord, string, or thread, of any thickness.
• n. A hose or pipe, of any size.
• n. Direction, path.
• n. The wire connecting one telegraphic station with another, a telephone or internet cable between two points:…
• n. A letter, a written form of communication.
• n. A connected series of public conveyances, as a roadbed or railway track; and hence, an established arrangement…
• n. (military) A trench or rampart, or the non-physical demarcation of the extent of the territory occupied…
• n. The exterior limit of a figure or territory: a boundary, contour, or outline; a demarcation.
• n. A long tape or ribbon marked with units for measuring; a tape measure.
• n. (obsolete) A measuring line or cord.
• n. That which was measured by a line, such as a field or any piece of land set apart; hence, allotted place…
• n. A threadlike crease or wrinkle marking the face, hand, or body; hence, a characteristic mark.
• n. Lineament; feature; figure (of one's body).
• n. A more-or-less straight sequence of people, objects, etc., either arranged as a queue or column and often…
• n. (military) The regular infantry of an army, as distinguished from militia, guards, volunteer corps, cavalry,…
• n. A series or succession of ancestors or descendants of a given person; a family or race; compare lineage.
• n. A small amount of text. Specifically.
• n. Course of conduct, thought, occupation, or policy; method of argument; department of industry, trade,…
• n. The official, stated position (or set of positions) of an individual or group, particularly a political…
• n. The products or services sold by a business, or by extension, the business itself.
• n. (stock exchange) A number of shares taken by a jobber.
• n. A measure of length.
• n. (historical) A maxwell, a unit of magnetic flux.
• n. (baseball, slang, 1800s, with "the") The batter’s box.
• n. (fencing, ‘line of engagement’) The position in which the fencers hold their swords.
• n. (engineering) Proper relative position or adjustment (of parts, not as to design or proportion, but with…
• n. A small portion or serving (of a powdery illegal drug).
• n. (obsolete) Instruction; doctrine.
• n. (genetics) Population of cells derived from a single cell and containing the same genetic makeup.
• n. (perfusion line) a set composed of a spike, a drip chamber, a clamp, a Y-injection site, a three-way stopcock…
• n. (ice hockey) A group of forwards that play together.
• v. (transitive) To place (objects) into a line (usually used with "up"); to form into a line; to align.
• v. (transitive) To place persons or things along the side of for security or defense; to strengthen by adding;…
• v. To form a line along.
• v. (transitive) To mark with a line or lines, to cover with lines.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To represent by lines; to delineate; to portray.
• v. (transitive) To read or repeat line by line.
• v. (intransitive, ‘line up’) To form or enter into a line.
• v. (intransitive, baseball) To hit a line drive; to hit a line drive which is caught for an out. Compare…
• v. To track (wild bees) to their nest by following their line of flight.
• n. (obsolete) Flax; linen, particularly the longer fiber of flax.
• v. (transitive) To cover the inner surface of (something), originally especially with linen.
• v. To reinforce (the back of a book) with glue and glued scrap material such as fabric or paper.
• v. (transitive) To fill or supply (something), as a purse with money.
• v. (transitive, now rare, of a dog) to copulate with, to impregnate.

meat

• n. (now archaic, dialectal) Food, for animals or humans, especially solid food. See also meat and drink.
• n. (now rare) A type of food, a dish.
• n. (now archaic) A meal.
• n. (uncountable) The flesh of an animal used as food.
• n. (uncountable) Any relatively thick, solid part of a fruit, nut etc.
• n. (slang) A penis.
• n. (countable) A type of meat, by anatomic position and provenance.
• n. (colloquial) The best or most substantial part of something.
• n. (sports) The sweet spot of a bat or club (in cricket, golf, baseball etc.).
• n. A meathead.
• n. (Australian Aboriginal) A totem, or (by metonymy) a clan or clansman which uses it.

mettlesome

• adj. Marked by mettle or bravery; courageous.

occupation

• n. An activity or task with which one occupies oneself; usually specifically the productive activity, service,…
• n. The act, process or state of possessing a place.
• n. The control of a country or region by a hostile army.

play

• v. (intransitive) To act in a manner such that one has fun; to engage in activities expressly for the purpose…
• v. (ergative) To perform in (a sport); to participate in (a game).
• v. (intransitive) To take part in amorous activity; to make love, fornicate; to have sex.
• v. (transitive) To act as the indicated role, especially in a performance.
• v. (heading, transitive, intransitive) To produce music or theatre.
• v. (heading) To behave in a particular way.
• v. (intransitive) To move in any manner; especially, to move regularly with alternate or reciprocating motion;…
• v. (intransitive) To move gaily; to disport.
• v. (transitive) To put in action or motion.
• v. (transitive) To keep in play, as a hooked fish, in order to land it.
• v. (transitive) To manipulate or deceive someone.
• n. (uncountable, formerly countable) Activity for amusement only, especially among the young.
• n. (uncountable) Similar activity, in young animals, as they explore their environment and learn new skills.
• n. (uncountable, ethology) "Repeated, incompletely functional behavior differing from more serious versions…
• n. The conduct, or course of a game.
• n. (countable) An individual's performance in a sport or game.
• n. (countable) (turn-based games) An action carried out when it is one's turn to play.
• n. (countable) A literary composition, intended to be represented by actors impersonating the characters…
• n. (countable) A theatrical performance featuring actors.
• n. (countable) A major move by a business.
• n. (countable) A geological formation that contains an accumulation or prospect of hydrocarbons or other…
• n. (uncountable) The extent to which a part of a mechanism can move freely.
• n. (uncountable, informal) Sexual role-playing.
• n. (countable) A button that, when pressed, causes media to be played.

plot

• n. The course of a story, comprising a series of incidents which are gradually unfolded, sometimes by unexpected…
• n. An area or land used for building on or planting on.
• n. A graph or diagram drawn by hand or produced by a mechanical or electronic device.
• n. A secret plan to achieve an end, the end or means usually being illegal or otherwise questionable.
• n. Contrivance; deep reach thought; ability to plot or intrigue.
• n. Participation in any stratagem or conspiracy.
• n. A plan; a purpose.
• v. (transitive) To conceive (a crime, etc).
• v. (transitive) To trace out (a graph or diagram).
• v. (transitive) To mark (a point on a graph, chart, etc).
• v. (intransitive) To conceive a crime, misdeed, etc.

punt

• n. (nautical) A pontoon; a narrow shallow boat propelled by a pole.
• v. (nautical) To propel a punt or similar craft by means of a pole.
• v. (rugby, American football, Australian Rules football, Gaelic football, soccer) to kick a ball dropped…
• v. (soccer) To kick a bouncing ball far and high.
• v. To retreat from one's objective.
• n. (rugby, American football, soccer) A kick made by a player who drops the ball and kicks it before it hits…
• n. A point in the game of faro.
• n. The act of playing at basset, baccara, faro, etc.
• n. A bet or wager.
• n. An indentation in the base of a wine bottle.
• n. (glassblowing) A thin glass rod which is temporarily attached to a larger piece in order to better manipulate…
• v. (Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, Britain) To stake against the bank, to back a horse, to gamble or take…
• v. (figuratively) To make a highly speculative investment or other commitment, or take a wild guess.
• n. The Irish pound, used as the unit of currency of Ireland until it was replaced by the euro in 2002.

recreation

• n. Any activity, such as play, that amuses, diverts or stimulates.
• n. The process of recreating something.
• n. The result of this process.

romp

• v. (intransitive) To play about roughly, energetically or boisterously.
• v. (transitive, US) (Often used with down) To press forcefully, to encourage vehemently, to oppress.
• v. To win easily.
• v. (slang) To engage in playful or boisterous sex.
• n. A period of boisterous play, a frolic.
• n. (slang) A bout of playful or boisterous sex.
• n. (archaic) A girl who indulges in boisterous play; a tomboy.

scheme

• n. A systematic plan of future action.
• n. A plot or secret, devious plan.
• n. An orderly combination of related parts.
• n. A chart or diagram of a system or object.
• n. (mathematics) A type of topological space.
• n. (Britain, chiefly Scotland) A council housing estate.
• n. (rhetoric) An artful deviation from the ordinary arrangement of words.
• n. (astrology) A representation of the aspects of the celestial bodies for any moment or at a given event.
• v. (intransitive) To plot, or contrive a plan.

score

• n. The total number of goals, points, runs, etc. earned by a participant in a game.
• n. The number of points accrued by each of the participants in a game, expressed as a ratio or a series of…
• n. The performance of an individual or group on an examination or test, expressed by a number, letter, or…
• n. Twenty, 20 (number).
• n. A distance of twenty yards, in ancient archery and gunnery.
• n. A weight of twenty pounds.
• n. (music) The written form of a musical composition showing all instrumental and vocal parts below each…
• n. (music) The music of a movie or play.
• n. Subject.
• n. Account; reason; motive; sake; behalf.
• n. A notch or incision; especially, one that is made as a tally mark; hence, a mark, or line, made for the…
• n. An account or reckoning; account of dues; bill; hence, indebtedness.
• n. (US, crime, slang) A robbery; a criminal act.
• n. (US, crime, slang) A bribe paid to a police officer.
• n. (US, crime, slang) An illegal sale, especially of drugs.
• n. (US, crime, slang) A prostitute's client.
• n. (US, slang) A sexual conquest.
• v. (transitive) To cut a notch or a groove in a surface.
• v. (intransitive) To record the tally of points for a game, a match, or an examination.
• v. (transitive, intransitive) To obtain something desired.
• v. (transitive) To provide (a film, etc.) with a musical score.
• interj. (US, slang) Acknowledgement of success.

spirited

• v. simple past tense and past participle of spirit.
• adj. Lively, vigorous, animated or courageous.

spunky

• adj. Spirited or plucky.
• adj. (Britain) Pertaining to or like spunk (semen).
• adj. (Britain) Stained with semen.

stake

• n. A piece of wood or other material, usually long and slender, pointed at one end so as to be easily driven…
• n. A stick inserted upright in a lop, eye, or mortise, at the side or end of a cart, flat car, flatbed trailer,…
• n. (with definite article) The piece of timber to which a martyr was affixed to be burned.
• n. A share or interest in a business or a given situation.
• n. That which is laid down as a wager; that which is staked or hazarded; a pledge.
• n. A small anvil usually furnished with a tang to enter a hole in a bench top, as used by tinsmiths, blacksmiths,…
• n. (Mormonism) A territorial division comprising all the Mormons (typically several thousand) in a geographical…
• v. (transitive) To fasten, support, defend, or delineate with stakes.
• v. (transitive) To pierce or wound with a stake.
• v. (transitive) To put at risk upon success in competition, or upon a future contingency.
• v. (transitive) To provide another with money in order to engage in an activity as betting or a business…

strategy

• n. The science and art of military command as applied to the overall planning and conduct of warfare.
• n. A plan of action intended to accomplish a specific goal.
• n. The art of using similar techniques in politics or business.

unfit

• adj. Not fit; not having the correct requirements.
• adj. Not fit, not having a good physical demeanor.
• v. To make unfit; to render unsuitable, spoil, disqualify.

wager

• n. Something deposited, laid, or hazarded on the event of a contest or an unsettled question; a bet; a stake;…
• n. (law) A contract by which two parties or more agree that a certain sum of money, or other thing, shall…
• n. That on which bets are laid; the subject of a bet.
• v. (transitive) To bet something; to put it up as collateral.
• v. (intransitive, figuratively) To suppose; to dare say.
• n. Agent noun of wage; one who wages.