Usually means: No return, catch without contact.
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We found 18 dictionaries that define the word fair catch:

General (14 matching dictionaries)
  1. fair-catch, fair catch: Merriam-Webster
  2. fair catch: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. fair catch: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. fair catch: Vocabulary.com
  5. fair catch: Wordnik
  6. fair catch: Wiktionary
  7. fair catch: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  8. fair catch: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. Fair catch, fair catch: Dictionary.com
  10. Fair catch: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. fair catch: Rhymezone
  12. fair catch: FreeDictionary.org
  13. fair catch: Mnemonic Dictionary
  14. fair catch: TheFreeDictionary.com

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. fair catch: Urban Dictionary

Sports (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Football Glossary (No longer online)
  2. Hickok Sports Glossaries (No longer online)
  3. Fair catch: Sports Definitions

Definitions from Wiktionary (fair catch)

noun:  (American football) An uncontested catch on a kicking play, after the receiver waves his hand to indicate that he will not run with the ball, assuring that he will not be tackled on catching it.

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