giocata

Definitions of giocata
  1. noun
    a contest with rules to determine a winner
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    bowling
    a game in which balls are rolled at an object or group of objects with the aim of knocking them over or moving them
    toppa
    a game that involves gambling
    bowling
    bowling down an alley at a target of ten wooden pins
    bocce
    a bowling game played on a level lawn with biased wooden balls that are rolled at a jack
    hockey
    a game played on an ice rink by two opposing teams of six skaters each who try to knock a flat round puck into the opponents' goal with angled sticks
    pallanuoto
    a game played in a swimming pool by two teams of swimmers who try to throw an inflated ball into the opponents' goal
    rimpiattino
    a game in which a child covers his eyes while the other players hide then tries to find them
    campana, mondo
    a game in which a child tosses a stone into an area drawn on the ground and then hops through it and back to regain the stone
    cavallina
    a game in which one child bends down and another leaps over
    bridge
    any of various card games based on whist for four players
    parlamento
    a card game in which you play your sevens and other cards in sequence in the same suit as the sevens; you win if you are the first to use all your cards
    poker
    any of various card games in which players bet that they hold the highest-ranking hand
    ramino
    a card game based on collecting sets and sequences; the winner is the first to meld all their cards
    solitario, sopportazione
    a card game played by one person
    ping-pong, tennis da tavolo, tennis tavolo
    a game (trademark Ping-Pong) resembling tennis but played on a table with paddles and a light hollow ball
    domino
    any of several games played with small rectangular blocks
    biliardo
    any of several games played on rectangular cloth-covered table (with cushioned edges) in which long tapering cue sticks are used to propel ivory (or composition) balls
    lotteria
    players buy (or are given) chances and prizes are distributed by casting lots
    roulette
    a gambling game in which players bet on which compartment of a revolving wheel a small ball will come to rest in
    type of:
    attività, lavoro, passo
    any specific behavior
  2. noun
    the money risked on a gamble
    synonyms: posta, puntata, scommessa
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    scommessa
    money that is risked for possible monetary gain
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