Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bottlegate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
bot-tle-gate
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

An incident in a 2001 American football game between the Cleveland Browns and the Jacksonville Jaguars, where a controversial call by an official led to fans throwing bottles and other debris onto the field.

Informal

Etymology

From bottle + -gate.

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Questions

What does bottlegate mean?
An incident in a 2001 American football game between the Cleveland Browns and the Jacksonville Jaguars, where a controversial call by an official led to fans throwing bottles and other debris onto the field.
Where does bottlegate come from?
From bottle + -gate.

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