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point-shaves

point-shaves is the third-person singular simple present indicative of point-shave.

Meaning of point-shave

Verb

point-shave (third-person singular simple present point-shaves, present participle point-shaving, simple past and past participle point-shaved)

  1. To deliberately perform badly in a game as part of point shaving.
    • You can recall the scandals that have occurred in the various colleges, of attempts to point-shave and fix games.1972, Public Hearing Before Gambling Study Commission, (Please provide the book title or journal name)

Questions about point-shaves

What is point-shaves the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Point-shaves is the third-person singular simple present indicative of point-shave.

Words near point-shaves in the dictionary

  1. point-of-viewness
  2. point-projection perspective
  3. point-set topology
  4. point-shave
  5. point-shaved
  6. point-shaves
  7. point-shaving
  8. point-to-point
  9. point-to-pointer
  10. point-to-pointers
  11. point-to-pointing

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