Definition of "gamy" [gam•y]

• Having the flavor or odor of game, especially game that is slightly spoiled. (adjective)
• Ill-smelling; rank. (adjective)
• Showing an unyielding spirit; plucky: a gamy little mare that loved to run. (adjective)
• Corrupt; tainted: "those considerable forces in America that appear to be tired of the old politics (particularly the gamy municipal variety)” ( Tom Wicker). (adjective)
• Sordid; seamy. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "Because of the absence of musk glands, the meat is free of the "gamy" flavor found in squirrels and rabbits."
• "At 8: 15 this morning, according to his travel log, he had 67 London branches yet to visit, and smelled a bit "gamy"."
• "I would think it may be somewhat gamy tasting and tough, I may have to try sometime, just to say I did."