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bottlejob

bottlejob noun: a person or team that loses ("bottles") a lead in a game or a title race.

Noun

bottlejob (plural bottlejobs)

  1. (slang) A person or team that loses ("bottles") a lead in a game or a title race.
    • The Giants are the biggest bottlejobs of the NFL.

Forms of bottlejob

pluralbottlejobs

Origin of bottlejob

From bottle (“to throw away a leading position”) + job.

Questions about bottlejob

What does bottlejob mean?
Bottlejob means a person or team that loses ("bottles") a lead in a game or a title race.
What part of speech is bottlejob?
Bottlejob is a noun.
What is the plural of bottlejob?
The plural of bottlejob is bottlejobs.

Words near bottlejob in the dictionary

  1. bottleham
  2. bottlehead
  3. bottleheads
  4. bottleholder
  5. bottleholders
  6. bottlejob
  7. bottlejobs
  8. bottlelight
  9. bottlelike
  10. bottlemaker
  11. bottlemakers

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