How to pronounce “point shaving”

Meaning

• [Noun]
• (sports) A type of match fixing, motivated by gambling, where the perpetrators try to prevent a team from covering a published point spread.
• [Verb]
• present participle and gerund of point shave

Practice Nearby Words

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Similar Sounds

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