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kick·off

or kick-off (kĭk′ôf′, -ŏf′)

1. Football A place kick in football that starts play at the beginning of a half or after a team has scored.

2. Sports

a. A kick of a stationary ball from the middle of the field in soccer that starts play at the beginning of a half or after a goal has been scored.

b. A similar kick in Rugby.

3. Informal A beginning: the kickoff of a charity campaign.

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kick-off

Kick that puts the ball into play. The ball must travel at least 10 yds after a kick off. Either team may then recover it.

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kick-off

noun (Informal) start, opening, beginning, commencement, outset, starting point, inception people awaiting the kick-off of the parade

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kick-off

→ الرَّكْلَةُ الأُولَى výkop start Anstoß εναρκτήριο λάκτισμα saque inicial aloitus coup d’envoi početak calcio d’inizio キックオフ 시작 aftrap avspark rozpoczęcie meczu chute inicial, pontapé de saída начало avspark เริ่มเล่น başlama vuruşu thời gian bắt đầu 开球

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They're going to try, at any rate, and won't make such a bad fight of it either, mark my word; for hasn't old Brooke won the toss, with his lucky halfpenny, and got choice of goals and kick-off? The new ball you may see lie there quite by itself, in the middle, pointing towards the School or island goal; in another minute it will be well on its way there.

Old Brooke takes half a dozen quick steps, and away goes the ball spinning towards the School goal, seventy yards before it touches ground, and at no point above twelve or fifteen feet high, a model kick-off; and the School-house cheer and rush on.

And then follows rush upon rush, and scrummage upon scrummage, the ball now driven through into the School-house quarters, and now into the School goal; for the School-house have not lost the advantage which the kick-off and a slight wind gave them at the outset, and are slightly "penning" their adversaries.

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