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gentleman's sweep

/ˈdʒɛntəlmənz swiːp/

gentleman's sweep noun: a playoff series outcome, typically in a best-of-seven format, wherein a team wins four games to one (4–1).

Noun

gentleman's sweep (plural gentleman's sweeps)

  1. A playoff series outcome, typically in a best-of-seven format, wherein a team wins four games to one (4–1).
    • The team won three games in the series and then lost a game, but recovered with a gentleman's sweep.
    • Extending the series to host the last and final game at home is referred to the "Gentleman's sweep".2013 July 12, Karim Farahat, Ayman Farahat, “Gentleman's Sweep: Empirical Evidence from the National Basketball Association”, in SSRN Electronic Journal

Forms of gentleman's sweep

pluralgentleman's sweeps

Questions about gentleman's sweep

What does gentleman's sweep mean?
Gentleman's sweep means a playoff series outcome, typically in a best-of-seven format, wherein a team wins four games to one (4–1).
What part of speech is gentleman's sweep?
Gentleman's sweep is a noun.
How do you pronounce gentleman's sweep?
Gentleman's sweep is pronounced /ˈdʒɛntəlmənz swiːp/.
What is the plural of gentleman's sweep?
The plural of gentleman's sweep is gentleman's sweeps.

Words near gentleman's sweep in the dictionary

  1. gentleman's clubs
  2. gentleman's cruiser
  3. gentleman's Cs
  4. gentleman's gentleman
  5. gentleman's measure
  6. gentleman's sweep
  7. gentleman-at-arms
  8. gentleman-commoner
  9. gentleman-in-waiting
  10. gentleman-like
  11. gentleman-pensioner

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