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Clockgate

Clockgate proper noun: the controversy around the Michigan vs. Michigan State football game of November 3, 2001, in which the ball was spiked with one second remaining visible on the clock.

Proper noun

Clockgate

  1. (US, informal) The controversy around the Michigan vs. Michigan State football game of November 3, 2001, in which the ball was spiked with one second remaining visible on the clock.

Origin of Clockgate

From clock + -gate.

Questions about Clockgate

What does Clockgate mean?
Clockgate means the controversy around the Michigan vs. Michigan State football game of November 3, 2001, in which the ball was spiked with one second remaining visible on the clock.
What part of speech is Clockgate?
Clockgate is a proper noun.

Words near Clockgate in the dictionary

  1. clocker
  2. clockers
  3. clockes
  4. clockface
  5. clockfaces
  6. Clockgate
  7. clockhouse
  8. clockhouses
  9. clockie
  10. clockier
  11. clockies

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