WordNet
n. a game whose outcome is not recorded in the season's standing [syn: practice game]
Wikipedia
An exhibition game (also known as a friendly, a scrimmage, a demonstration, a preseason game, a warmup match, or a preparation match, depending at least in part on the sport) is a sporting event whose prize money and impact on the player's or the team's rankings is either zero or otherwise greatly reduced. In team sports, matches of this type are often used to help coaches and managers select and condition players for the competitive matches of a league season or tournament. If the players usually play in different teams in other leagues, exhibition games offer an opportunity for the players to learn to work with each other. The games can be held between separate teams or between parts of the same team.
An exhibition game may also be used to settle a challenge, to provide professional entertainment, to promote the sport, or to raise money for charities. Several sports leagues hold all-star games to showcase their best players against each other, while other exhibitions games may pit participants from two different leagues or countries to unofficially determine who would be the best in the world. International competitions like the Olympic Games may also hold exhibition games as part of a demonstration sport.
Usage examples of "exhibition game".
Later, one of the pallbearers told Ellen Cherry that Verlin had been watching a Washington Redskins exhibition game when he stood and clutched his chest.
In an exhibition game of shock- ball, the charged orb sizzled between players wearing insu-lated mitts.
In an exhibition game of shock ball, the charged orb sizzled between players wearing insulated mitts.
On Sunday morning he had agreed to act as Dungeon Master for an exhibition game featuring Tratyn Runewind.
Don't run away with the idea I've had you fellows down to play an exhibition game just to keep me merry and bright.
In fact, they had both been NBA centers before their exhibition game on Mars was broken up by the cutting-out party of Captain Nemour DeVilliers.
Burt remarked that he once had seen the Dolphins play the Chicago Bears in an exhibition game, and that Walter Payton had made Viceroy Wilson look like a flatfooted old man.
The first exhibition game of the season, I move the recliner smack-dab in the middle of the living room, and it stays there until the World Series is over and done.