gamey
Like wild meat
Gamey describes meat with a strong, distinctive flavor characteristic of wild animals—deer, duck, boar.
The taste comes from the animal's diet and active lifestyle, unlike the milder flesh of farm-raised livestock.
Some find gamey meat unpleasantly pungent; others prize its robust character.
Extended to anything with an off or slightly rank smell: The gym had a gamey odor.
Also spelled gamy.
Flesh of cervids
- pheasantLarge ornamental game bird
- liverAbdominal detoxifying organ
- grouseFowl or fuss
- elkLarge North American cervid
moose · partridge · quail · hare · rabbit · duck · goose · bison
Having animal-derived odor
- loamyRich in humus
- terroirGeography's influence on taste
- trufflePrized subterranean edible
- mushroomFleshy fungal body
forest floor · damp · peaty · mineral · umami · fermented · barnyard · herbaceous
Courageous and daring
- daringAdventurous courage
- chancyInvolving uncertain outcome
- questionableOf uncertain validity
- dubiousOf uncertain reliability
sketchy · dicey · iffy · provocative · racy · risqué · edgy · boundary-pushing
venison
Flesh of cervids
elk · moose · partridge · quail · hare · rabbit · duck · goose · bison · boar
musky
Having animal-derived odor
mushroom · forest floor · damp · peaty · mineral · umami · fermented · barnyard · herbaceous · mossy
bold
Courageous and daring
- daringAdventurous courage
- chancyInvolving uncertain outcome
- questionableOf uncertain validity
dubious · sketchy · dicey · iffy · provocative · racy · risqué · edgy · boundary-pushing · suspect
untamed
Not domesticated
- feralWild after domestication
- free-rangeNot confined to enclosure
- huntedSought to capture
foraged · wilderness · bush meat · prairie · savannah · woodland · marshland · stalked · trapped · snared
spirited
Full of vim
- scrappyAggressively spirited despite odds
- feistyAggressively spirited
- tenaciousStubbornly determined to continue
gutsy · determined · resilient · spunky · gritty · courageous · undaunted · willing · eager
- game overFinal failure message
- video gameElectronic interactive visual entertainment
- ball gameSporting contest with spheres
- game showPrize-based TV competition
- game planPredetermined approach to winning
- board gameMarked-surface group entertainment
game, gamy, gamekeeper, gamester, gamesmanship, gamelike, gamelan, gamesome, gamekeepers