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sports-bet

sports-bet verb: to bet on the outcomes of sport matches.

Verb

sports-bet (third-person singular simple present sports-bets, present participle sports-betting, simple past and past participle sports-bet or sports-betted)

  1. (intransitive, transitive, uncommon) To bet on the outcomes of sport matches.

Forms of sports-bet

third-person singular presentsports-bets
present participlesports-betting
past participlesports-bet
pastsports-bet
past participlesports-betted
pastsports-betted

Origin of sports-bet

A back-formation from sports betting.

Questions about sports-bet

What does sports-bet mean?
Sports-bet means to bet on the outcomes of sport matches.
What part of speech is sports-bet?
Sports-bet is a verb.
What is the past tense of sports-bet?
The past tense of sports-bet is sports-bet.

Words near sports-bet in the dictionary

  1. sports tapes
  2. sports the oak
  3. sports timber
  4. sports writer
  5. sports writers
  6. sports-bet
  7. sports-bets
  8. sports-betted
  9. sports-betting
  10. sports-jacketed
  11. sports-luxe

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