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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The stand-out villain of “The Furious,” a bald bruiser played by Orange County-born Brian Le, moves like an 8-bit video game brute, wobbling his ankles before he falls down and goes boom.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026

Nvidia is best known for its GPUs, specialised computer chips originally designed to render video game graphics at high speed.

From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026

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

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

From Slate • May 27, 2026

He wasn’t wearing a turban, but the Mr. Lemoncello mannequin reminded Kyle of the Zoltar Speaks fortune-teller booths he’d seen in video game arcades.

From "Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library" by Chris Grabenstein