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nod-back

nod-back noun: a soft header played away from the opponent's goal.

Noun

nod-back (plural nod-backs)

  1. A soft header played away from the opponent's goal
    • Haaland was having his shirt pulled as he advanced onto Phil Foden's curling cross for his opener. He was part of a fantastic one-touch passing move for the second which ended with the loose ball from a slide tackle on Foden presenting him with a tap-in. He shrugged opponents out of the way to make...2022 August 31, Simon Stone, “Manchester City 6-0 Nottingham Forest”, in BBC Sport

Forms of nod-back

pluralnod-backs

Questions about nod-back

What does nod-back mean?
Nod-back means a soft header played away from the opponent's goal.
What part of speech is nod-back?
Nod-back is a noun.
What is the plural of nod-back?
The plural of nod-back is nod-backs.

Words near nod-back in the dictionary

  1. nod
  2. nod in
  3. nod off
  4. nod out
  5. nod through
  6. nod-back
  7. nod-backs
  8. Noda
  9. nodachi
  10. nodakenin
  11. nodal

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