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hard count

hard count noun: the situation where the quarterback attempts to draw the defense offside through a deceptive snap count sequence, sometimes accompanied by subtle body movements which simulate the initiation of the play.

Noun

hard count (plural hard counts)

  1. The situation where the quarterback attempts to draw the defense offside through a deceptive snap count sequence, sometimes accompanied by subtle body movements which simulate the initiation of the play.
    • Jones is good at drawing a defense offside with his hard count.
  2. The process of counting and verifying coins or tokens.

Forms of hard count

pluralhard counts

Questions about hard count

What does hard count mean?
Hard count means the situation where the quarterback attempts to draw the defense offside through a deceptive snap count sequence, sometimes accompanied by subtle body movements which simulate the initiation of the play.
What part of speech is hard count?
Hard count is a noun.
What is the plural of hard count?
The plural of hard count is hard counts.

Words near hard count in the dictionary

  1. hard codes
  2. hard coding
  3. hard codings
  4. hard copies
  5. hard copy
  6. hard count
  7. hard counter
  8. hard countered
  9. hard countering
  10. hard counters
  11. hard counts

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