special team
special team noun: a group of football players with special assignments for plays other than standard offensive and defensive plays, such as those involving kicking.
Noun
special team (plural special teams)
- A group of football players with special assignments for plays other than standard offensive and defensive plays, such as those involving kicking.
- Synonyms:
- suicide squad
- A group of ice hockey players most often used during power plays consisting of more defensive players than usual on the team that was penalized in hopes of killing the penalty, or more offensive players than usual on the team with the advantage in players to increase the chance of scoring a goal.
Synonyms of special team
Forms of special team
| plural | special teams |
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Words formed from special team
Questions about special team
- What does special team mean?
- Special team means a group of football players with special assignments for plays other than standard offensive and defensive plays, such as those involving kicking.
- What part of speech is special team?
- Special team is a noun.
- What is the plural of special team?
- The plural of special team is special teams.
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