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(Australian rules football) The method by which the field umpire restarts play at a neutral contest after a stoppage within the field of play, involving the throwing or bouncing of the ball up between two players, known as rucks, who then attempt to win possession for their teams.
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(soccer) A kick in which the kicker leans backwards and kicks the ball back over his head.
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(rugby, soccer, slang) A high kick that sends the ball relatively straight up so players can get under it before it comes down.
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(sports) To disrupt another player with the stick or body to obtain possession of the ball or puck.
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(American football) To perform an illegal tackle, throwing the body across the back of an opponent's leg or hitting him from the back below the waist while moving up from behind unless the opponent is a runner or the action is in close line play.
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Alternative form of crosskick [(rugby) A kicked pass from one side of the pitch to the other.]
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(soccer) A shot from one side of the field towards the opposite corner of the goal.
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(countable, Australian rules football) A kick or a handball of the ball during a game.
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(basketball): The act of being forbidden from further play in a basketball game due to the accumulation of too many personal fouls.
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(soccer) A method of restarting play in a game where the referee drops the ball between two players of opposing teams.
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Alternative form of drop goal [(rugby union, rugby league) A goal scored by kicking the ball through the goal from open play, after the ball has touched the ground.]
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(soccer) kicking where the football is dropped and kicked as it touches the ground.
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(sports, chiefly rugby, soccer) A feigned pass or kick or play in order to deceive an opponent.
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(soccer) A dated kicking technique used to put the ball into a swaying movement that makes it harder to estimate its trajectory.
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(transitive, sports) To place (a team, its players, etc.) in a game.
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(sports) A player's initial contact with the moving ball, used to get the ball under control.
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From rugby: the act of causing someone to fall or stumble by tripping them with one's feet.
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Alternative spelling of free kick [(American football, soccer, Australian rules football, rugby, other ballgames) a kick in which a player may kick the ball without interference from the opposition. Such a kick may be awarded for a foul by the opposition, or earned by a player such as by taking a mark.]
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(sports) A rule regarding play on a specific field, course, or court.
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(soccer and rugby) To kick (a player) on the shins.
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(countable, Australian Rules Football) An act of passing a football by holding it with one hand and hitting it with the other.
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(Australian rules football) The action of a player keeping hold of the ball when tackled. When tackled the player must kick or handpass the ball and failing to do so (provided the opportunity was given) results in a free kick to the tackler.
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(sports, of the ball or other playing implement) Falling or remaining within the bounds of the playing area.
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(soccer) A ball that curves into the goal.
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(UK, sports) To kick a ball over the touchline in a game of rugby, often to avoid pressure from the opponent team in a difficult situation, to end injury time or to gain territory.
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(Australian rules football) An activity in which two or more people kick a football between each other.
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An informal game involving physical activity, usually football.
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(soccer) A specialized form of dribbling by which the ball is dragged backward.
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(sports) A play in American football whereby the team performing the kick-off kicks the ball the minimum distance (ten yards in most levels of play) in an attempt to immediately regain possession of the ball.
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(soccer) Moving so as to curve away from the goal or centre
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(transitive, sports) To surpass in tackling.
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(soccer) A kick where the ball travels over the player's head.
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(lacrosse) An offensive tactic in which a player stands so as to block a defender from reaching a teammate.
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Alternative form of placekick [(in several forms of football) To kick the ball from a stationary position, especially as a means of scoring extra points.]
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(in several forms of football) To kick the ball from a stationary position, especially as a means of scoring extra points.
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(sports) Control of the ball; the opportunity to be on the offensive.
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(team sports) Any defense intended to prevent rapid scoring by the offense, at the expense of allowing relatively easy, slower scoring.
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(soccer) A kick made with the kicking leg crossed behind the other leg.
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(sports) The return of a difficult ball
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A form of football in which players can hold or kick an ovoid ball; rugby football. The ball cannot be handled forwards and points are scored by touching the ball to the ground in the area past the opponent's territory or by kicking the ball between goalposts and over a crossbar.
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(countable) A rugby ball.
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In various sports, a block that prevents an opponent from scoring.
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(US, chiefly American football, baseball) Of a catch or tackle: made near the ground, close to a player's shoes.
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(soccer) a tackle to get the ball by sliding on the ground feet-first
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(soccer) To tackle another player by sliding on the ground feet-first.
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(Australian rules football, rugby, informal) To kick the ball between the posts for a goal; to score a goal by doing this.
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(Australian rules football) To get in the way of a kick of the ball, preventing it going very far. When a player is kicking the ball, an opponent who is close enough will reach out with his hands and arms to get over the top of it, so the ball hits his hands after leaving the kicker's boot, dribbling away.
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Alternative form of soccer field [A playing field on which the game of soccer is played.]
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(Australia, Australian rules football, informal) A spectacular mark (catch) in Australian rules football.
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(transitive, Australian rules football) To kick (a ball) poorly and in an unintended direction.
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(uncountable, informal, by extension) Equipment, gear, gadgetry.
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To go out onto the playing field.
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(soccer) A forward pass played between opposition defenders.
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(handball) A throw taken from the centre line which resumes play after each goal and at the start of each period.
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(soccer) To kick (the ball) with the toe end of the boot.
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(sports) A loss of possession of the ball without scoring.
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(soccer) In an attacking position.
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Alternative spelling of volleyball [(uncountable) A game played on a rectangular court between two teams of two to six players which involves striking a ball back and forth over a net.]
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