US /ˈɡæmi/ UK /ˈɡæmi/
adj

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    (of a limb) injured, lame, or unable to function properly

    His gammy leg ached whenever the weather turned cold.

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Synonyms
1 adj · (of a limb) injured, lame,... lameinjuredcrippleddisabledgame
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Word family
Related forms game

Etymology

British dialectal variant of 'game' in the sense 'lame, crippled' (as in 'game leg'); of uncertain origin, perhaps from Welsh 'cam' ('crooked, bent').

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