interception
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4.2
- noun
- /ˌɪntərˈsɛpʃən/
- Jargon
:
intercepción
- The quarterback's pass was caught by the defender, resulting in an interception that changed the game's momentum.
- an interception return
- interception of a pass
- throw an interception
I pick off RG and almost get RG again, and I have two interceptions that day.
- I pick off RG and almost get RG again, and I have two interceptions that day.
- And that ending, I mean, we'll remember this game for the rest of life because of Malcolm's interception.
- Punt return, touchdown, kick return touchdown, interception, rushing touchdown, receiving touchdown.
Examples
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That's Gibson's 9th interception of this very young season.
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Keith Price made an awful decision and threw an interception right to DE Trent Murphy.
Blog text (2) -
No matter what, if you throw an interception, go out there and play.
Blog text (1) -
Ray Smith with the interception.
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Steinmark again, with another interception.
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When he was a senior in high school here, he ran back an interception forty-eight yards to take us to State.
Fiction book (1999) -
Eleven interceptions in only seven games last year.
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The only turnover came on a Chris Culliver interception at the end of the first half.
Blog text (3) -
Gibson, with the interception!
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Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney reacts after an interception against Virginia Tech.
Blog text (3)
Synonyms
63
3.4
An event in a game when a team loses the ball to the other team
5
4.8
Taking the ball or puck from the other team
Antonyms
- Jargon
15
3.5
In American football a forward pass that a teammate catches to move the ball forward
Compounds
Surface Forms
Morphology
interception = intercept (transparent) = inter + cept + ion
Formed by the verb 'intercept' plus the nominalizing suffix '-ion'; the noun denotes the act or process of intercepting, which is directly derivable.
Etymology
Interception comes from the Latin parts inter- 'between' and capere 'to take'. Imagine a defender 'taking' the ball 'between' the passer and the receiver, which is exactly what an interception in football is, like a capture of the pass.