game point

noun

: a situation (as in tennis) in which one player will win the game by winning the next point

also : the point itself

Examples of game point in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

After a three-game point drought to start the year, Scheifele is now riding a five-game point streak with two goals and six assists. — ABC News, 17 Oct. 2026

Connor now has a four-game point streak with five goals and an assist. — CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026

And after facing game point with a gym full of people waiting to see whether her serve landed in bounds, performing music for a massive crowd can feel comparatively manageable. — Krystie Lee Yandoli, USA Today, 25 Aug. 2026

Preston had the chance to even the score in the second set 1-1 with three game points on her service but was rebuffed. — Glae Thien, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Aug. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1903, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for game point

• counterpoint
• disappoint
• multipoint
• needlepoint
• reappoint
• adjoint
• anoint
• appoint
• checkpoint
• conjoint
• disjoint
• endpoint