sports game
sports game noun: a video game or arcade game that simulates a sport.
Noun
sports game (plural sports games)
- A video game or arcade game that simulates a sport.
- Greatest Sports Game Sensation. Approved and played by Spec Shea, Johny Pesky, Bobby Doerr, Rogers Hornsby, others. NO DICE OR SPINNERS – Hit a Grounder, Pop Fly, or a Home Run Over the Fence1950 October, “Sensational baseball game [advertisement]”, in My Friend Irma, number 5, page 29
- BASKETBALL (CX2624) is sure to delight electronic sports game fans. It offers the most exciting four minutes of one-on-one hoop action we’ve seen so far.1979, Bill Kunkle, “Arcade Alley”, in Video, page 43
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see sport, game.
- a sports game came into existence which is now played all over the world,[…] The game is basketball—America’s only true native sports game.1971, Mac Davis, Football’s Unforgettables, page 34
Forms of sports game
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Questions about sports game
- What does sports game mean?
- Sports game means a video game or arcade game that simulates a sport.
- What part of speech is sports game?
- Sports game is a noun.
- What is the plural of sports game?
- The plural of sports game is sports games.
Words near sports game in the dictionary
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