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chip and gather

chip and gather noun: a maneuver in which a player gains ground by kicking the ball high and forward, runs forward, and catches the ball as it drops back down.

Noun

chip and gather

  1. A maneuver in which a player gains ground by kicking the ball high and forward, runs forward, and catches the ball as it drops back down.
    • I made sure I hit the ground running, scoring 18 points in the first game against Cordoba, including a chip and gather try which I was especially pleased with.2013, Mike Catt, Landing on My Feet, →ISBN
    • His second was sheer class - a perfectly-executed chip and gather - to give the visitors the all-important first score of the second half.2014 July 10, Tony Smith, “Stormin' Norman Berryman slays the Sharks”, in The Press (Christchurch, New Zealand)

Forms of chip and gather

alternative formchip-and-gather

Questions about chip and gather

What does chip and gather mean?
Chip and gather means a maneuver in which a player gains ground by kicking the ball high and forward, runs forward, and catches the ball as it drops back down.
What part of speech is chip and gather?
Chip and gather is a noun.

Words near chip and gather in the dictionary

  1. Chiou
  2. Chious
  3. Chiozzo
  4. chip
  5. chip and charge
  6. chip and gather
  7. chip and PIN
  8. chip at
  9. chip away
  10. chip bap
  11. chip baps

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