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point guard

point guard noun: a guard who is usually the shortest of the five basketball positions, and specializes in handling the ball, distributing it to the other players and generally running the team's offense.

Noun

point guard (plural point guards)

  1. A guard who is usually the shortest of the five basketball positions, and specializes in handling the ball, distributing it to the other players and generally running the team's offense.
    • Many current NBA coaches are former point guards.

Forms of point guard

pluralpoint guards

Questions about point guard

What does point guard mean?
Point guard means a guard who is usually the shortest of the five basketball positions, and specializes in handling the ball, distributing it to the other players and generally running the team's offense.
What part of speech is point guard?
Point guard is a noun.
What is the plural of point guard?
The plural of point guard is point guards.

Words near point guard in the dictionary

  1. point function
  2. point functions
  3. Point Gallinas
  4. point group
  5. point groups
  6. point guard
  7. point guards
  8. point heater
  9. point heaters
  10. point in time
  11. Point Judith

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