video game

[vid-ee-oh-geym] / ˈvɪd i oʊˌgeɪm /

NOUN

game on computer

Synonyms

STRONGEST

computer game

WEAK

Nintendo™ Playstation™ Xbox™ computerized game electronic game

Example Sentences

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This was awarded a Guinness World Record for most costly video game battle, as more than £280,000 of assets were destroyed.

From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026

The featured trailer promoted “One Spoon of Chocolate,” the RZA’s recently released blaxploitation-style revenge thriller, but the show also pushed other official Wu-Tang merchandise, including a video game.

From Salon • May 31, 2026

They chitter like birds, or like an ’80s video game laser gun.

From Slate • May 27, 2026

Another promoter I was talking to said that it feels like every event now, you’re playing the video game on hard mode.

From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2026

Any word the teacher says, I think of a TV show or a movie or a song or a video game that has the same word.

From "Free Lunch" by Rex Ogle