FOOTBALL PLAY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does football play mean? 

• FOOTBALL PLAY (noun)
  The noun FOOTBALL PLAY has 1 sense:

1. (American football) a play by the offensive team

  Familiarity information: FOOTBALL PLAY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FOOTBALL PLAY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(American football) a play by the offensive team

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("football play" is a kind of...):

play (a preset plan of action in team sports)

Domain category:

American football; American football game (a game played by two teams of 11 players on a rectangular field 100 yards long; teams try to get possession of the ball and advance it across the opponents goal line in a series of (running or passing) plays)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "football play"):

audible (a football play is changed orally after both teams have assumed their positions at the line of scrimmage)

touchback ((American football) a play in which the opposing team has kicked the football into your end zone)

run; running; running game; running play ((American football) a play in which a player attempts to carry the ball through or past the opposing team)

pass; passing; passing game; passing play ((American football) a play that involves one player throwing the ball to a teammate)

power play (a play in which there is a concentration of players in one location on the field of play)

handoff ((American football) a play in which one player hands the ball to a teammate)

tackle ((American football) grasping an opposing player with the intention of stopping by throwing to the ground)