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on-side kicks

on-side kicks is the plural of on-side kick.

Meaning of on-side kick

Noun

on-side kick (plural on-side kicks)

  1. A play in American football whereby the team performing the kick-off kicks the ball the minimum distance (ten yards in most levels of play) in an attempt to immediately regain possession of the ball.

Questions about on-side kicks

What is on-side kicks the plural of?
On-side kicks is the plural of on-side kick.

Words near on-side kicks in the dictionary

  1. on-roads
  2. on-scene
  3. on-screen
  4. on-side
  5. on-side kick
  6. on-side kicks
  7. on-site
  8. on-slip
  9. on-slips
  10. on-stage
  11. on-the-air

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