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

Farabee has a four-game points streak and leads the club with nine points in 10 games. — ABC News, 25 Oct. 2026

Rams rally Orangewood won the first two sets against Santa Fe, but lost the third and was staring down the possibility of going to a fifth with the Raiders having game point at 24-23 and all the momentum in their favor. — Buddy Collings, The Orlando Sentinel, 22 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

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