run game

run game noun: the running component of a team's offense, as distinct from passing and kicking.

Noun

run game (plural run games)

The running component of a team's offense, as distinct from passing and kicking.
- Tristan Wirfs should help. His diverse athletic background — his past in wrestling, in particular — informed his approach to playing offensive tackle. An absolute mauler in the run game and a reliable pass-blocker, Wirfs played mostly right tackle at Iowa and ceded only 40 quarterback pressures on...2020 April 23, Ken Belson, Ben Shpigel, “Full Round 1 2020 N.F.L. Picks and Analysis”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on...

run game (third-person singular simple present runs game, present participle running game, simple past ran game, past participle run game)

(African-American Vernacular) To run game on someone; to cheat someone.
- If you ain't running game, say my name.1999, “Say My Name”, in The Writing's on the Wall, performed by Destiny's Child

Noun
plural	run games
Verb
third-person singular present	runs game
present participle	running game
past	ran game
past participle	run game

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What does run game mean?: Run game means the running component of a team's offense, as distinct from passing and kicking.
What part of speech is run game?: Run game can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of run game?: The plural of run game is run games.

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