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kickoff

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kick⋅off

  [kik-awf, -of]
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–noun
1. Football. a place kick or a drop kick from the 40-yd. line of the team kicking at the beginning of the first and third periods or after the team kicking has scored a touchdown or field goal.
2. Soccer. a kick that puts a stationary ball into play from the center line of the field at the start of a quarter or after a goal has been scored.
3. the initial stage of something; start; beginning: the campaign kickoff.
Also, kick-off.

Origin:
1855–60; n. use of v. phrase kick off
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kick·off   (kĭk'ôf', -ŏf')   
n.  

  1. Football A place kick in football that starts play at the beginning of a half or after a team has scored.

  2. Sports

    1. A kick of a stationary ball from the middle of the field in soccer that starts play at the beginning of a half or after a goal has been scored.

    2. A similar kick in Rugby.

  3. Informal A beginning: the kickoff of a charity campaign.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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