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

I’d tried telling that to Thomas after I’d accidentally destroyed his favorite video game, but that hadn’t kept him from not talking to me for an entire week.

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas