gametime

See also: game time

English

Noun

gametime (countable and uncountable, plural gametimes)

  1. Alternative form of game time.
    • 1998 March, John Altman, “Men In Black”, in Steve Bauman, editor, Computer Games Strategy Plus, Northfield, Ill.: Strategy Plus, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 92, column 1:
      Whenever onscreen characters make a snide aside, the game is clever and funny. The majority of gametime, however, is spent blowing away bad guys without a hint of irony.
    • 2006, “Bowl Games”, in 2006 SMU Football Media Guide, Dallas, Tex.: Southern Methodist University, →OCLC, page 155, column 2:
      With the temperature in the upper 30’s and a light rain falling at gametime, playing conditions were anything but ideal when undefeated SMU met Pittsburgh in the 1983 Cotton Bowl.
    • 2022, Sara Barosen Liverød, “Gamers’ Self-Efficacy When Using English in School and When Gaming”, in Magne Dypedahl, editor, Moving English Language Teaching Forward: Festschrift in Honor of Ragnhild Elisabeth Lund, [Oslo]: Cappelen Damm Akademisk, →ISBN, page 214:
      However, 54% of the boys are in the Casual gamers category, which shows lower self-efficacy. This could be connected to the discussion concerning gender differences in school, where boys tend to score lower than girls overall (Statistics Norway, 2021), a situation which might affect their self-efficacy. The results show a gender difference in gametime, but future research will need to be conducted in this area.
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