run game

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪm

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Noun

run game (plural run games)

1. (American football) The running component of a team's offense, as distinct from passing and kicking.
   • 2020 April 24, Ken Belson, Ben Shpigel, “Full Round 1 2020 N.F.L. Picks and Analysis”, in New York Time‎^[1]:

     Tristan Wirfs should help. His diverse athletic background — his past in wrestling, in particular — informed his approach to playing offensive tackle. An absolute mauler in the run game and a reliable pass-blocker, Wirfs played mostly right tackle at Iowa and ceded only 40 quarterback pressures on 1,138 pass-blocking snaps at Iowa, according to Pro Football Focus.

Verb

run game (third-person singular simple present runs game, present participle running game, simple past ran game, past participle run game)

1. (African-American Vernacular) To run game on someone; to cheat someone.
   • 1999, “Say My Name”, in The Writing's on the Wall, performed by Destiny's Child:

     If you ain't running game, say my name.