1. crying game - Noun
2. Crying game - Proper noun
crying game (plural crying games)
(informal) A situation where someone cries in a spiteful, self-indulgent, or attention-seeking manner.
Crying Game
(informal, often used attributively) A situation in which something or someone is revealed to be other than assumed/expected to be, particularly with regard to gender identity.
People often refer to my career before The Crying Game as something which led up to that point. But I was very fulfilled in what I was doing. Stephen Rea