american football game
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1. a game played by two teams of 11 players on a rectangular field 100 yards long; teams try to get possession of the ball and advance it across the opponents goal line in a series of (running or passing) plays (noun.act)
hypernym | : | football, football game, |
definition | : | any of various games played with a ball (round or oval) in which two teams try to kick or carry or propel the ball into each other's goal (noun.act) |
hyponym | : | touch football, |
definition | : | a version of American football in which the ball carrier is touched rather than tackled (noun.act) |
domain member category | : | fumble, muff, |
definition | : | (sports) dropping the ball (noun.act) |
domain member category | : | centering, snap, |
definition | : | (American football) putting the ball in play by passing it (between the legs) to a back (noun.act) |
domain member category | : | fair catch, |
definition | : | (American football) a catch of a punt on the fly by a defensive player who has signalled that he will not run and so should not be tackled (noun.act) |
domain member category | : | interception, |
definition | : | (American football) the act of catching a football by a player on the opposing team (noun.act) |
domain member category | : | reception, |
definition | : | (American football) the act of catching a pass in football (noun.act) |
domain member category | : | straight-arm, |
definition | : | (American football) the act of warding off a tackler by holding the arm fully extended with the hand against the opponent (noun.act) |
domain member category | : | touchback, |
definition | : | (American football) a play in which the opposing team has kicked the football into your end zone (noun.act) |
domain member category | : | safety, |
definition | : | a score in American football; a player is tackled behind his own goal line (noun.act) |
domain member category | : | touchdown, |
definition | : | a score in American football; being in possession of the ball across the opponents' goal line (noun.act) |
domain member category | : | field goal, |
definition | : | a score in American football; a score made by kicking the ball between the opponents' goal posts (noun.act) |
domain member category | : | down, |
definition | : | (American football) a complete play to advance the football (noun.act) |
domain member category | : | completion, pass completion, |
definition | : | (American football) a successful forward pass in football (noun.act) |
domain member category | : | football play, |
definition | : | (American football) a play by the offensive team (noun.act) |
domain member category | : | run, running, running game, running play, |
definition | : | (American football) a play in which a player attempts to carry the ball through or past the opposing team (noun.act) |
domain member category | : | draw, draw play, |
definition | : | (American football) the quarterback moves back as if to pass and then hands the ball to the fullback who is running toward the line of scrimmage (noun.act) |
domain member category | : | end run, sweep, |
definition | : | (American football) an attempt to advance the ball by running around the end of the line (noun.act) |
domain member category | : | return, |
definition | : | (American football) the act of running back the ball after a kickoff or punt or interception or fumble (noun.act) |
domain member category | : | reverse, |
definition | : | (American football) a running play in which a back running in one direction hands the ball to a back running in the opposite direction (noun.act) |
domain member category | : | rush, rushing, |
definition | : | (American football) an attempt to advance the ball by running into the line (noun.act) |
domain member category | : | power play, |
definition | : | a play in which there is a concentration of players in one location on the field of play (noun.act) |
domain member category | : | handoff, |
definition | : | (American football) a play in which one player hands the ball to a teammate (noun.act) |
domain member category | : | tackle, |
definition | : | (American football) grasping an opposing player with the intention of stopping by throwing to the ground (noun.act) |
domain member category | : | interference, |
definition | : | (American football) blocking a player's path with your body (noun.act) |
domain member category | : | trap block, |
definition | : | (American football) an illegal block (noun.act) |
domain member category | : | back, |
definition | : | (American football) the position of a player on a football team who is stationed behind the line of scrimmage (noun.act) |
domain member category | : | lineman, |
definition | : | (American football) the position of a player on a football team who is stationed on the line of scrimmage (noun.act) |
domain member category | : | scrimmage, |
definition | : | (American football) practice play between a football team's squads (noun.act) |
domain member category | : | mousetrap, trap play, |
definition | : | (American football) a play in which a defensive player is allowed to cross the line of scrimmage and then blocked off as the runner goes through the place the lineman vacated (noun.act) |
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