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diving header

diving header noun: a ball struck near ground level by the head of a diving player.

Noun

diving header (plural diving headers)

  1. A ball struck near ground level by the head of a diving player.
    • To that end, the home supporters were in good voice to begin with, but it was Newcastle who started the game in the ascendancy, with Barton putting a diving header over the top from Jose Enrique's cross.2011 April 10, Alistair Magowan, “Aston Villa 1 - 0 Newcastle”, in BBC Sport

Forms of diving header

pluraldiving headers

Questions about diving header

What does diving header mean?
Diving header means a ball struck near ground level by the head of a diving player.
What part of speech is diving header?
Diving header is a noun.
What is the plural of diving header?
The plural of diving header is diving headers.

Words near diving header in the dictionary

  1. diving bricks
  2. diving cylinder
  3. diving cylinders
  4. diving duck
  5. diving ducks
  6. diving header
  7. diving headers
  8. diving in
  9. diving knife
  10. diving knives
  11. diving mask

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