video game

noun

: an electronic game in which players control images on a video screen

Examples of video game in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Baseball fans never got a video game solely devoted to the WBC, in part because the WBC didn’t debut until 2006. —Dan Bernstein, Sportico.com, 14 Mar. 2026

The White House is comparing the deadly Iranian conflict to video games and movies in social media videos to win support for the war. —Marissa Martinez, NBC news, 13 Mar. 2026

While Toyosu is a bit out of the way, Planets is the larger and more immersive of the two, with engaging exhibits that include a room full of digital koi in knee-deep water, a forest of dangling orchids, and rooms of video game-like physical challenges to jump, balance, or wiggle through. —Jessica Kozuka, Travel + Leisure, 13 Mar. 2026

Station and Station succeeds even more in this regard, building on the history of narrative video games and providing a model for the future of the form. —Literary Hub, 13 Mar. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1973, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for video game

• aspartame
• counterclaim
• overcame
• underframe
• username
• acclaim
• aflame
• airframe
• ballgame
• became
• declaim
• defame

Kids Definition

video game

noun

: a game played with images on a video screen