Crossword clues for kickoff
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
kickoff \kickoff\ n. (Football)
A kick from the center of the field to start a football game or to resume it after a score.
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the time at which an event or activity begins.
Syn: beginning, commencement, first, outset, start, starting time, offset.
Wiktionary
n. (alternative spelling of kick-off English)
WordNet
n. (football) a kick from the center of the field to start a football game or to resume it after a score
the time at which something is supposed to begin; "they got an early start"; "she knew from the get-go that he was the man for her" [syn: beginning, commencement, first, outset, get-go, start, starting time, showtime, offset] [ant: middle, end]
a start given to contestants; "I was there with my parents at the kickoff" [syn: send-off, start-off]
Wikipedia
A kickoff is a method of starting a drive in American football and Canadian football. Typically, a kickoff consists of one team – the "kicking team" – kicking the ball to the opposing team – the "receiving team". The receiving team is then entitled to return the ball, i.e., attempt to advance it towards the kicking team's end zone, until the player with the ball is tackled by the kicking team, goes out of bounds, or scores a touchdown. Kickoffs take place at the start of each half of play, the beginning of overtime in some overtime formats, and after some scoring plays.
Common variants on the typical kickoff format include the onside kick, in which the kicking team attempts to regain possession of the ball; a touchback, which may occur if the ball is kicked into the receiving team's end zone; or a fair catch, in which a player on the receiving team asks to catch the ball without interference from the kicking team, waiving his entitlement to attempt a return rush. Additionally, penalties exist for various infractions such as a player violating his position restrictions prior to the kick (5-yard penalty), or if the ball goes out of bounds before touching a player (20 yards or placed at receiving team's 40-yard line, whichever is farther).
Usage examples of "kickoff".
Starting about three hours before kickoff, our street begins to be clogged with parked cars and RVs driven by midwesterners in various states of happy pre-inebriation, and when I rake the leaves in my back yard I hear the tidal clamor of the crowd in the distance, half a mile away.
Entering the first of the long back straights, her kickoff had seemed to go wrong.
The media wasn't necessarily interested in the Virginia Economic Development Section of the Forbes magazine CEO kickoff banquet going on inside.
The official kickoff event for the annual Rose Festival, the parade features lighted floats and marching bands and starts at dusk, moving through downtown in the dark.