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FOOTBALL PLAY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(American football) a play by the offensive team
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("football play" is a kind of...):
play (a preset plan of action in team sports)
Domain category:
American football; American football game (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)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "football play"):
audible (a football play is changed orally after both teams have assumed their positions at the line of scrimmage)
touchback ((American football) a play in which the opposing team has kicked the football into your end zone)
run; running; running game; running play ((American football) a play in which a player attempts to carry the ball through or past the opposing team)
pass; passing; passing game; passing play ((American football) a play that involves one player throwing the ball to a teammate)
power play (a play in which there is a concentration of players in one location on the field of play)
handoff ((American football) a play in which one player hands the ball to a teammate)
tackle ((American football) grasping an opposing player with the intention of stopping by throwing to the ground)
