- Having the flavor or odor of game, especially game that is slightly spoiled.
- Ill-smelling; rank.
- Showing an unyielding spirit; plucky: a gamy little mare that loved to run.
- Corrupt; tainted: "those considerable forces in America that appear to be tired of the old politics (particularly the gamy municipal variety)" (Tom Wicker).
- Sordid; seamy.
- Sexually suggestive; racy.
gaminess gam'i·ness n.





