Gamy

Word GAMY
Character 4
Hyphenation gam y
Pronunciations N/A

Definitions and meanings of "Gamy"

What do we mean by gamy?

Having the flavor or odor of game, especially game that is slightly spoiled. adjective

Ill-smelling; rank. adjective

Showing an unyielding spirit; plucky. adjective

Corrupt; tainted. adjective

Sordid; seamy. adjective

Sexually suggestive; racy. adjective

Having the flavor of game; having a flavor as of game kept uncooked till it is slightly tainted, when it is held by connoisseurs to be in proper condition for the table: as, the venison was in fine gamy condition.

Spirited; plucky; game: as, a gamy little fellow.

Also, less correctly, spelled gamey.

Having the flavor of game, esp. of game kept uncooked till near the condition of tainting; high-flavored. adjective

Showing an unyielding spirit to the last; plucky; furnishing sport. adjective

Same as gamey. adjective

Alternative spelling of gamey. adjective

Willing to face danger adjective

Suggestive of sexual impropriety adjective

(used of the smell of meat) smelling spoiled or tainted adjective

Having the smell, taste and texture of consumed game (meat).

Plucky, spirited or gritty

Risque, sordid or sexually suggestive

Synonyms and Antonyms for Gamy

The word "gamy" in example sentences

Because of the absence of musk glands, the meat is free of the "gamy" flavor found in squirrels and rabbits. ❋ Unknown (1991)

At 8: 15 this morning, according to his travel log, he had 67 London branches yet to visit, and smelled a bit "gamy". ❋ Unknown (2009)

“We pour off the water from the chicken when we first boil it to take away the gamy smell,” he explained. ❋ Annia Ciezadlo (2011)

Its buttery, molasses-like tang is ideal in making cakes or granola and for glazing gamy meats like duck or short ribs. $25 a quart, themaplefarm.com ❋ Unknown (2011)

One note on the cleaning of squirrels - they have glands under their front legs (kernels) that should be removed after skinning or the squirrel will taste gamy and rank. ❋ Unknown (2009)

I use a squirrel skinner, but remember to remove the "kernels" from under the armpits (front legs) of the squirrel, or they will taste gamy and putrid. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Python, I can't see how they would taste much different than rattlesnake, unless they get tough, or gamy smelling as they grow. ❋ Unknown (2010)

This tasted remarkably like a pan fried sopressata, somewhat on the gamy side, but no unpleasantly so. ❋ Unknown (2009)

If anything, 2 Broke Girls which comes on just before Men is even filthier — or maybe it just seems that way when Kat Dennings delivers one of her gamy punch lines. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Some diners are turned off by the heritage turkey's slightly gamy flavor. ❋ Geoffrey A. Fowler (2011)

Then Ill turn it into burger and jerky, because it's too tough and gamy to eat straight up. ❋ Unknown (2009)

I would think it may be somewhat gamy tasting and tough, I may have to try sometime, just to say I did. ❋ Unknown (2009)

There wasn't a wet eye in the house during the post-Charlie Sheen/Charlie Harper season opener, which began with Alan trying to read last rites over his mangled brother's coffin, interrupted by vengeful exes rattling off a gamy litany of STD jokes and a mother more interested in finding a buyer for his Malibu manse. ❋ Unknown (2011)

This month, "The Unofficial Hunger Games Cookbook," was published, with 150 recipes for rustic, gamy fare including fried squirrel and raccoon in bacon drippings, though none for dog. ❋ Alexandra Alter (2011)

As two very different ingénues battle it out for the lead, a brassy veteran chorine (Megan Hilty, a true Broadway veteran) and a newbie from Iowa with heart (American Idol's Katharine McPhee), Smash at times evokes Bob Fosse's classic All That Jazz in its gimlet-eyed, gamy yet irrepressibly fabulous and tuneful valentine to the business of show biz. ❋ Unknown (2012)

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