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Examples of gamey
gamey
They smelled like gamey meat cooking in his mother's father's deep-pit barbecue.
From the npr.org
The ostrich tastes beefy with a finish that is slightly gamey, but pleasantly so.
From the ocregister.com
While venison has a wild, gamey taste, this New Zealand variety is farm-raised.
From the charlotteobserver.com
In the darker variants of the wine a strong gamey nose is also often described.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Gamey was a member of al-Itihad, an Islamist group active in Somalia in the 1990s.
From the boston.com
Push your lover's buttons with this wine's ripened dark fruit and gamey notes.
From the denverpost.com
He has a taste for socialist tub-thumping which occasionally becomes a touch gamey.
From the dailymail.co.uk
The venison was soft, with no gamey taste, although maybe it was a bit bland.
From the theatlantic.com
If not properly prepared, it can too easily be unpleasantly gamey and tough.
From the theatlantic.com
- Blue: suggestive of sexual impropriety; "a blue movie"; "blue jokes"; "he skips asterisks and gives you the gamy details"; "a juicy scandal"; "a naughty wink"; "naughty words"; "racy anecdotes"; "a risque story"; "spicy gossip"
- (used of the smell of meat) smelling spoiled or tainted
- Game: willing to face danger
- Having the smell, taste and texture of consumed game (meat); Plucky, spirited or gritty; Risque, sordid or sexually suggestive
- Imprecise taste term usually reserved for older wines that exhibit smells and flavours associated with damp undergrowth, mushrooms, well hung pheasants and unwashed farmers' feet.
- Unusual and interesting flavor, often found in dry-processed East African coffees (such as Ethiopian Djimmah), reminiscent of cheesy, but not sour or negative.
- As the word implies, a scent or taste of game that is meaty, fairly strong and a little rotten, in the nicest sense of the word. Only found on red wine (usually older bottles).
- Can be a positive description of a wine that has the characteristic of fresh game. But if out of balance, the wine can be almost undrinkable.
- Refers to either the taste or aroma of cheese which strongly reflects its animal milk source. Young, fresh cheese should not have a gamey taste or aroma. But it can be perfectly acceptable and desirable for a more aged cheese to be described as gamey. ...
