Guessing — Guess Guess (g[e^]s), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Guessed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Guessing}.] [OE. gessen; akin to Dan. gisse, Sw. gissa, Icel. gizha, D. gissen: cf. Dan. giette to guess, Icel. geta to get, to guess. Probably originally, to try to get, and… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
guessing — noun Guessing is used before these nouns: ↑game … Collocations dictionary
guessing game — UK [ˈɡesɪŋ ˌɡeɪm] / US noun [countable] Word forms guessing game : singular guessing game plural guessing games a situation where people have to guess what is going to happen. You usually use this expression when you think the situation is… … English dictionary
Guessing game — A guessing game is a game in which the object is to guess some kind of information, such as a word, a phrase, a title, or the location of an object.Many of the games are played co operatively. In some games some player(s) know the answer, but… … Wikipedia
guessing — Synonyms and related words: abashed, abroad, adrift, astray, at sea, bewildered, bothered, clueless, confused, discomposed, disconcerted, dismayed, disoriented, distracted, distraught, disturbed, embarrassed, in a fix, in a maze, in a pickle, in… … Moby Thesaurus
guessing — (Roget s IV) n. Syn. guesswork, supposition, imagination, fancy, inference, deduction, presumption, predisposition, reckoning, surmise, theorizing, taking for granted, positing, postuLating, assuming, presuming, opinion, going by dead reckoning,… … English dictionary for students
guessing — ges n. conjecture; supposition; hypothesis v. suppose; hypothesize; conjecture … English contemporary dictionary
guessing — Uncertain … A concise dictionary of English slang
guessing — noun an estimate based on little or no information (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑guess, ↑guesswork, ↑shot, ↑dead reckoning • Derivationally related forms: ↑guess, ↑guess ( … Useful english dictionary
guessing game — noun Any game the object of which is for a player or players to guess a word, etc, for which the other player or players provide clues … Wiktionary