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Bottlegate

Bottlegate proper noun: an incident in a 2001 American football game between the Cleveland Browns and the Jacksonville Jaguars, where a controversial call by an official led to fans throwing bottles and other debris onto the field.

Proper noun

Bottlegate

  1. (informal) An incident in a 2001 American football game between the Cleveland Browns and the Jacksonville Jaguars, where a controversial call by an official led to fans throwing bottles and other debris onto the field.

Origin of Bottlegate

From bottle + -gate.

Questions about Bottlegate

What does Bottlegate mean?
Bottlegate means an incident in a 2001 American football game between the Cleveland Browns and the Jacksonville Jaguars, where a controversial call by an official led to fans throwing bottles and other debris onto the field.
What part of speech is Bottlegate?
Bottlegate is a proper noun.

Words near Bottlegate in the dictionary

  1. bottlefish
  2. bottleflies
  3. bottlefly
  4. bottleful
  5. bottlefuls
  6. Bottlegate
  7. bottleham
  8. bottlehead
  9. bottleheads
  10. bottleholder
  11. bottleholders

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