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point shaving

point shaving noun: a type of match fixing, motivated by gambling, where the perpetrators try to prevent a team from covering a published point spread. Also the present participle and gerund of point shave.

Noun

point shaving (uncountable)

  1. A type of match fixing, motivated by gambling, where the perpetrators try to prevent a team from covering a published point spread.
    • Point shaving had a long and distinguished history at LIU.1999, Charles Rosen, Scandals of '51: How the Gamblers Almost Killed College Basketball, page 32
    • The Fresno Bee picked up on it and said there was point shaving.2005, Jerry Tarkanian, Runnin' Rebel, page 210

Also used as

point shaving is also the present participle and gerund of point shave.

Questions about point shaving

What does point shaving mean?
Point shaving means a type of match fixing, motivated by gambling, where the perpetrators try to prevent a team from covering a published point spread.
What part of speech is point shaving?
Point shaving is a noun.

Words near point shaving in the dictionary

  1. point set
  2. point sets
  3. point shave
  4. point shaved
  5. point shaves
  6. point shaving
  7. point shooting
  8. point source
  9. point sources
  10. Point Sur
  11. point taken

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