Kickoff

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  • noun. A place kick in football that starts play at the beginning of a half or after a team has scored.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. 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.
  • noun. A similar kick in Rugby.
  • noun. A beginning.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The first kick in a game of foot-ball.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • transitive verb. to begin; to commence.
  • noun. A kick from the center of the field to start a football game or to resume it after a score.
  • noun. the time at which an event or activity begins.
  • intransitive verb. To kick the football from the center of the field to start a football game or to resume it after a score.
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  • noun. Alternative spelling of kick-off.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. commence officially
  • noun. a start given to contestants
  • noun. (football) a kick from the center of the field to start a football game or to resume it after a score
  • noun. the time at which something is supposed to begin
    • Word Usage
    "Holliday also led the Tigers in kickoff returns (22 for a 22.4 average), but junior CB Ron Brooks (13-19. 4) is back."
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    beginning  commence  commencement  embark on  place-kick  
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    dedicate  swear in  
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