kickoff
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- noun
- /ˈkɪkˌɔf/
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saque inicial
- Terrance Kelly takes the opening kickoff on the five-yard line.
- kickoff return
- opening kickoff
- kickoff-return touchdown
The worst part of the Super Bowl by far was watching the kickoff.
- The worst part of the Super Bowl by far was watching the kickoff.
- And I would envision myself running down on kickoff for Florida State or, or whatever college was tickling me at the time, just in my own imagination.
- We're moving to our last covered and concealed and we're waiting on kickoff from the jock.
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And Richard Leonard's school-record 100-yard kickoff return gave FIU the lead for good in the third quarter.
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Brown's touchdown was set up by a 35-yard kickoff return that put the Sooners in good field position.
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On the kickoff he'll take a knee.
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Missed extra point and horrible coverage on the last kickoff cost us the game.
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We're moments away from kickoff here at Iron Coast University Stadium.
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There's the kickoff, and we're under way in the second half.
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But on its second possession, Wisconsin returned the PSU kickoff across the 50.
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Lockett added another kickoff return for a touchdown, giving the specialist the fourth of his career.
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The kickoff is high and deep... ...and sends the Jackets' Johnny Clay back near the goal line.
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The referee blew the whistle for the kickoff, and the match began.
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Etymology
Kickoff originally named the kick that starts a football game and is made of kick + off, so it refers to the kick from the center that opens or restarts play after a score.