blind swipe
blind swipe noun: a quick, defensive tagging motion or sweeping attempt made by a player without directly looking at the runner or the ball.
Noun
blind swipe (plural blind swipes)
- A quick, defensive tagging motion or sweeping attempt made by a player without directly looking at the runner or the ball.
- An act or instance of placing blame in a presumptuous manner.
Verb
blind swipe (third-person singular simple present blind swipes, present participle blind swiping, simple past and past participle blind swiped)
- To blindside.
- "He (Bradshaw) wanted to take me out, and he did a good job,” said Matiasevich. “There was an outside berm and an inside berm. I was on the outside and he went to the inside, he jumped over the inside berm and T-boned me on the bank of the (outside) berm. He blindswiped me. […]"1992, Unattributed, “AMA Camel Supercross Series: Round 13 - Bradshaw Fined $500”, in Cycle News, page 16
Forms of blind swipe
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | blind swipes |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | blind swipes |
| present participle | blind swiping |
| past participle | blind swiped |
| past | blind swiped |
Questions about blind swipe
- What does blind swipe mean?
- Blind swipe means a quick, defensive tagging motion or sweeping attempt made by a player without directly looking at the runner or the ball.
- What part of speech is blind swipe?
- Blind swipe can be a noun or a verb.
- What is the plural of blind swipe?
- The plural of blind swipe is blind swipes.
Words near blind swipe in the dictionary
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