point-shaving

English

Verb

point-shaving

present participle of point-shave

Noun

point-shaving (uncountable)

Alternative form of point shaving
- 1989, Lewis Cole, Never Too Young to Die: The Death of Len Bias, page 142:
  In point-shaving, the classic form of corruption in college basketball, a player or team controls by how many points it wins so gamblers can collect on bets.
- 2001, Pamela Grundy, Learning to Win, page 224:
  By making it possible to manipulate game scores while preserving the thrills of victory, point-shaving deliberately severed links between the game itself and any broader moral meanings it might have offered, suggesting that the implicated athletes had already abandoned their belief in such connections.
- 2013, Alfie Kohn, No Contest: The Case Against Competition:
  In athletics, this may take the form of point-shaving, college recruiting scandals, performance drugs — all of which are quickly becoming as commonplace as sixand seven-figure salaries for sports stars.
The process of making fine distinctions, especially in regards to behavior that is considered unacceptable versus behavior that is almost but not quite objectionable.
- 1987, Paul Hendrickson, Seminary: A Search, page 163:
  Between unequivocal perverty behavior and, say, the light fevered brush-up against somebody's arm on a divan lay a multitude of point-shaving.

Usage notes

The noun is usually spelled point shaving, while this form is typically (although not exclusively) reserved for attributive use of the noun, as in "point-shaving scandal".

单词	point-shaving
释义	point-shaving English Verb point-shaving present participle of point-shave Noun point-shaving (uncountable) Alternative form of point shaving 1989, Lewis Cole, Never Too Young to Die: The Death of Len Bias, page 142: In point-shaving, the classic form of corruption in college basketball, a player or team controls by how many points it wins so gamblers can collect on bets. 2001, Pamela Grundy, Learning to Win, page 224: By making it possible to manipulate game scores while preserving the thrills of victory, point-shaving deliberately severed links between the game itself and any broader moral meanings it might have offered, suggesting that the implicated athletes had already abandoned their belief in such connections. 2013, Alfie Kohn, No Contest: The Case Against Competition: In athletics, this may take the form of point-shaving, college recruiting scandals, performance drugs — all of which are quickly becoming as commonplace as sixand seven-figure salaries for sports stars. The process of making fine distinctions, especially in regards to behavior that is considered unacceptable versus behavior that is almost but not quite objectionable. 1987, Paul Hendrickson, Seminary: A Search, page 163: Between unequivocal perverty behavior and, say, the light fevered brush-up against somebody's arm on a divan lay a multitude of point-shaving. Usage notes The noun is usually spelled point shaving, while this form is typically (although not exclusively) reserved for attributive use of the noun, as in "point-shaving scandal".
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