after-gamen.adj.

Brit.

/ˈɑːftəˌɡeɪm/,

/ˈaftəˌɡeɪm/, U.S.

/ˈæftərˌɡeɪm/

Forms: see after- prefix and game n.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: after- prefix, game n.

Etymology: < after- prefix + game n.

A. n. Now rare.

a. A second or subsequent game, played esp. in order to overturn an earlier loss; a return match, a rematch. Also: a later game. Frequently figurative.

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society > leisure > sport > match or competition > [noun] > types of

all comersc1450

after-gamea1500

fore-game1594

revenge1616

plate1639

set-to1743

return match1753

bye1754

scrub-race1791

anybody's game (also race, match)1826

return1834

barney1843

bonspiel1858

handicap1861

pennant1865

home-and-home1868

benefit match1871

run-off1873

international1877

American tournament1878

Grand Prix1879

single1884

friendly1885

all-comers1889

pair1890

championship1893

round robin1894

replay1895

Olympiad1896

junior varsity1902

lightning tournament1903

rematch1903

road trip1903

pickup1905

freestyle1906

marathon1908

test1908

Derby1909

scrimmage1910

eliminator1911

twosome1911

triala1914

quadrangular1916

slug-fest1916

varsity match1921

needle contest1922

curtain jerker1923

needle match1923

open1926

needle fight1927

knock-out1928

shirt1930

masters1933

pro-amateur1934

tune-up1934

World Cup1934

pro-am1937

state1941

sizzler1942

runathon1943

mismatch1954

run-out1955

match-up1959

squeaker1961

triple-header1961

Super Bowl1967

invitational1968

needle game1970

major1976

slobberknocker1986

a1500 tr. La Belle Dame sans Mercy (Cambr.) l. 523 in F. J. Furnivall Polit., Relig., & Love Poems (1903) 99 (MED) He leseth his after game, That surely cannot sette his poyntes double.

1568 D. Lindsay Kitteis Confessioun in Wks. (1931) I. 124 The curate..began hir to exempne; He was best at the efter game.

1597 M. Drayton Englands Heroicall Epist. f. 68^v Tweare ouer-sight in that at which we ayme, To put the hazard on an after game.

1660 J. Milton Readie Way Free Commonw. 3 Losing by a strange aftergame of folly, all the battels we have wonne.

1662 J. Glanvill Lux Orientalis v. 61 If we compare our now-being with the state of inactivity we were deliver'd from, It may then be call'd an After-Game of the divine Goodnesse.

1677 R. Gilpin Dæmonol. Sacra i. xviii. 159 When Satans Designs do not take to spoil the Duties,..he then seeks to play an after-game.

1713 J. Addison Cato iii. 39 Our first Design, my Friend, has proved abortive; Still there remains an After-game to play.

1785 W. Cowper Task ii. 762 What can after-games Of riper joys, and commerce with the world..Add to such erudition?

1792 T. Holcroft Anna St. Ives V. lxxxiii. 65 When this famous conference..was ended,..I played an aftergame of no small moment.

1838 J. S. Knowles Woman's Wit iii. i. 43 Ambition?.. No; that's an after-game. There's one we play Before.

1846 Chess Player's Chron. 7 96 Taking the K B P, with his Kt—a sacrifice, as he demonstrated in an after game, which leads to many strikingly beautiful situations.

1911 F. F. Ayer Bell & Wing 721 Despair To leave her there For me if I came With my aftergame.

†b. figurative. A scheme implemented in order to retrieve something lost, esp. one's reputation. Obsolete.

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the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > instrumentality > [noun] > course adopted to achieve an end > adopted after failure

after-game1596

1596 A. Bacon Let. May in G. Ungerer Spaniard in Elizabethan Eng. (1974) I. 228 Without my watchfullness & painefull patience he would haue chaunced vppon some blott wherby to haue made an after-game.

1605 F. Bacon Of Aduancem. Learning ii. sig. Dd2 It beinge extreame harde to plaie an after game of reputation.

1642 E. Dering Coll. Speeches on Relig. To Rdr. 1 Apologies are ever read with Jelousie: and they are indeed but after-games at Reputation.

1723 D. Waterland 2nd Vindic. Christ's Divinity v. 209 Those who having espoused a bad cause, have an After-game to play for their own reputation.

1731 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. (ed. 2) II Ressource,..the means..of a man's recovering himself from his fall or ruin; or an after-game for repairing his damages.

1814 Examiner 2 Oct. 635/2 He [sc. Napoleon] had an after-game to play—a game which..would place him again in that elevated situation.

1848 G. E. Jewsbury Half Sisters xxxiii. 308 But, alas! an after-game of love is harder even than an after-game of reputation.

†2. A strategy adopted in certain table games, esp. in a game of Irish (Irish n. 4), whereby a player chooses not to attack in the earlier part of the game, awaiting an opportunity for more effective action at a later stage. Frequently in extended use. Opposed to fore-game n. Cf. waiting game n. at waiting n.¹ Compounds 3. Obsolete.In the game of Irish, a strategy of this type was considered particularly difficult to implement.

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society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > board game > backgammon > [noun] > actions or positions

lympoldingc1350

blot1598

after-game1601

why-nota1612

non-pass1688

1601 W. Cornwallis Ess. II. l. sig. Nn6^v Like an after game at Irish, that is wonne and lost diuers times in an instant.

1623 J. Webster Deuils Law-case iv. i. sig. H^v Many a time and often, when a Cause Has prooued like an after-game at Irish.

1654 R. Whitlock Ζωοτομία 29 Since Life is but as a Game at Tables, if the fore-game be not to thy wish; neither whine nor Curse, but rowse thy care to an after-Game.

1674 C. Cotton Compl. Gamester xxviii. 159 Sometimes it is good going over into your Adversaries [Tick-Tack] Tables , but it is best for an After-game.

1736 Compl. Family-piece ii. i. 208 The Huntsman should therefore be..good at both Fore and After Game.

1761 F. Sheridan Mem. Miss Sidney Bidulph I. 337 She knew she might play an after-game; and could easily relax by degrees from the severity of her chastity.

B. adj. Originally and chiefly U.S.

= after-match adj. at after- prefix 3. Cf. post-match adj. at post- prefix 2a(a)(i).

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society > leisure > sport > match or competition > [adjective] > pre- or post-game

after-game1904

pregame1913

post-game1934

1904 Boston Daily Globe 20 Nov. 1/2 No Harvard man is seriously injured; after-game dinner for the Crimson not a gloomy one.

1928 Bee (Danville, Va.) 13 Oct. 6/4 Virginia's Cavaliers..had visions of an after game celebration.

1963 N.Y. Herald Tribune 26 Sept. 20/1 Tailgate picnics take over for the football season. After game parties have lost their importance.

1991 M. R. Zubro Sorry Now? 32 The Cubs had a home game that afternoon, and Turner and Fenwick got caught in the after-game traffic.

2005 V. Bennett-Butcher From Veronica with Love xi. 98 I still did the scoring at all the cricket matches and held the after game parties at my house.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	after-game
释义	after-gamen.adj. Brit. /ˈɑːftəˌɡeɪm/, /ˈaftəˌɡeɪm/, U.S. /ˈæftərˌɡeɪm/ Forms: see after- prefix and game n. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: after- prefix, game n. Etymology: < after- prefix + game n. A. n. Now rare. 1. a. A second or subsequent game, played esp. in order to overturn an earlier loss; a return match, a rematch. Also: a later game. Frequently figurative. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > match or competition > [noun] > types of all comersc1450 after-gamea1500 fore-game1594 revenge1616 plate1639 set-to1743 return match1753 bye1754 scrub-race1791 anybody's game (also race, match)1826 return1834 barney1843 bonspiel1858 handicap1861 pennant1865 home-and-home1868 benefit match1871 run-off1873 international1877 American tournament1878 Grand Prix1879 single1884 friendly1885 all-comers1889 pair1890 championship1893 round robin1894 replay1895 Olympiad1896 junior varsity1902 lightning tournament1903 rematch1903 road trip1903 pickup1905 freestyle1906 marathon1908 test1908 Derby1909 scrimmage1910 eliminator1911 twosome1911 triala1914 quadrangular1916 slug-fest1916 varsity match1921 needle contest1922 curtain jerker1923 needle match1923 open1926 needle fight1927 knock-out1928 shirt1930 masters1933 pro-amateur1934 tune-up1934 World Cup1934 pro-am1937 state1941 sizzler1942 runathon1943 mismatch1954 run-out1955 match-up1959 squeaker1961 triple-header1961 Super Bowl1967 invitational1968 needle game1970 major1976 slobberknocker1986 a1500 tr. La Belle Dame sans Mercy (Cambr.) l. 523 in F. J. Furnivall Polit., Relig., & Love Poems (1903) 99 (MED) He leseth his after game, That surely cannot sette his poyntes double. 1568 D. Lindsay Kitteis Confessioun in Wks. (1931) I. 124 The curate..began hir to exempne; He was best at the efter game. 1597 M. Drayton Englands Heroicall Epist. f. 68^v Tweare ouer-sight in that at which we ayme, To put the hazard on an after game. 1660 J. Milton Readie Way Free Commonw. 3 Losing by a strange aftergame of folly, all the battels we have wonne. 1662 J. Glanvill Lux Orientalis v. 61 If we compare our now-being with the state of inactivity we were deliver'd from, It may then be call'd an After-Game of the divine Goodnesse. 1677 R. Gilpin Dæmonol. Sacra i. xviii. 159 When Satans Designs do not take to spoil the Duties,..he then seeks to play an after-game. 1713 J. Addison Cato iii. 39 Our first Design, my Friend, has proved abortive; Still there remains an After-game to play. 1785 W. Cowper Task ii. 762 What can after-games Of riper joys, and commerce with the world..Add to such erudition? 1792 T. Holcroft Anna St. Ives V. lxxxiii. 65 When this famous conference..was ended,..I played an aftergame of no small moment. 1838 J. S. Knowles Woman's Wit iii. i. 43 Ambition?.. No; that's an after-game. There's one we play Before. 1846 Chess Player's Chron. 7 96 Taking the K B P, with his Kt—a sacrifice, as he demonstrated in an after game, which leads to many strikingly beautiful situations. 1911 F. F. Ayer Bell & Wing 721 Despair To leave her there For me if I came With my aftergame. †b. figurative. A scheme implemented in order to retrieve something lost, esp. one's reputation. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > instrumentality > [noun] > course adopted to achieve an end > adopted after failure after-game1596 1596 A. Bacon Let. May in G. Ungerer Spaniard in Elizabethan Eng. (1974) I. 228 Without my watchfullness & painefull patience he would haue chaunced vppon some blott wherby to haue made an after-game. 1605 F. Bacon Of Aduancem. Learning ii. sig. Dd2 It beinge extreame harde to plaie an after game of reputation. View more context for this quotation 1642 E. Dering Coll. Speeches on Relig. To Rdr. 1 Apologies are ever read with Jelousie: and they are indeed but after-games at Reputation. 1723 D. Waterland 2nd Vindic. Christ's Divinity v. 209 Those who having espoused a bad cause, have an After-game to play for their own reputation. 1731 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. (ed. 2) II Ressource,..the means..of a man's recovering himself from his fall or ruin; or an after-game for repairing his damages. 1814 Examiner 2 Oct. 635/2 He [sc. Napoleon] had an after-game to play—a game which..would place him again in that elevated situation. 1848 G. E. Jewsbury Half Sisters xxxiii. 308 But, alas! an after-game of love is harder even than an after-game of reputation. †2. A strategy adopted in certain table games, esp. in a game of Irish (Irish n. 4), whereby a player chooses not to attack in the earlier part of the game, awaiting an opportunity for more effective action at a later stage. Frequently in extended use. Opposed to fore-game n. Cf. waiting game n. at waiting n.¹ Compounds 3. Obsolete.In the game of Irish, a strategy of this type was considered particularly difficult to implement. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > board game > backgammon > [noun] > actions or positions lympoldingc1350 blot1598 after-game1601 why-nota1612 non-pass1688 hit1766 1601 W. Cornwallis Ess. II. l. sig. Nn6^v Like an after game at Irish, that is wonne and lost diuers times in an instant. 1623 J. Webster Deuils Law-case iv. i. sig. H^v Many a time and often, when a Cause Has prooued like an after-game at Irish. 1654 R. Whitlock Ζωοτομία 29 Since Life is but as a Game at Tables, if the fore-game be not to thy wish; neither whine nor Curse, but rowse thy care to an after-Game. 1674 C. Cotton Compl. Gamester xxviii. 159 Sometimes it is good going over into your Adversaries [Tick-Tack] Tables , but it is best for an After-game. 1736 Compl. Family-piece ii. i. 208 The Huntsman should therefore be..good at both Fore and After Game. 1761 F. Sheridan Mem. Miss Sidney Bidulph I. 337 She knew she might play an after-game; and could easily relax by degrees from the severity of her chastity. B. adj. Originally and chiefly U.S. = after-match adj. at after- prefix 3. Cf. post-match adj. at post- prefix 2a(a)(i). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > match or competition > [adjective] > pre- or post-game after-game1904 pregame1913 post-game1934 1904 Boston Daily Globe 20 Nov. 1/2 No Harvard man is seriously injured; after-game dinner for the Crimson not a gloomy one. 1928 Bee (Danville, Va.) 13 Oct. 6/4 Virginia's Cavaliers..had visions of an after game celebration. 1963 N.Y. Herald Tribune 26 Sept. 20/1 Tailgate picnics take over for the football season. After game parties have lost their importance. 1991 M. R. Zubro Sorry Now? 32 The Cubs had a home game that afternoon, and Turner and Fenwick got caught in the after-game traffic. 2005 V. Bennett-Butcher From Veronica with Love xi. 98 I still did the scoring at all the cricket matches and held the after game parties at my house. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.adj.a1500
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