ground game
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.05 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
1
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Hand-to-hand combat in which both fighters are on the ground, or skill in such combat
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "1. Every occupier of land shall have, as incident to and inseparable from his occupation of the land, the right to kill and take ground game thereon, concurrently with any other person who may be entitled to kill and take ground game on the same land."
- "He didn't show a lot of ground game in that fight, but his advantage was on the feet, so that's understandable."
- "Most golf courses built in the 1980s went away from the old-fashioned ground game and forced players to hit the ball high."
- "Notre Dame, with its option-type quarterback, Tony Rice, is committed to the ground game."
- "While the Democratic "ground game" in Texas seems unusually strong, so is the Republicans'."
Usage
- British usage
- Uncountable
- Countable
- American usage