point shaving
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.61 in modern English
21
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
2
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A type of match fixing, motivated by gambling, where the perpetrators try to prevent a team from covering a published point spread.
Uncountable
verb
present participle and gerund of point shave
Example Sentences
- "Point shaving had a long and distinguished history at LIU."
- "The Fresno Bee picked up on it and said there was point shaving."
- "Ultimately the findings were given to federal authorities, and the government launched its own extended inquiry into point shaving at Northwestern."