To stop (a cricket ball) by placing the bat more or less over it. Also in Association Football (see quot. 1954).
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| 释义 | society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > football > association football > play association football [verb (transitive)] > actions to ball (11) smother1845 To stop (a cricket ball) by placing the bat more or less over it. Also in Association Football (see quot. 1954). handle1869 Sport. transitive. Chiefly Association Football. To touch (the ball) with the hand or lower arm in contravention of the rules of the game. Also in… middle1869 transitive. Association Football. To pass (the ball) from one of the wings to the middle of the field in front of the goal; to centre. Occasionally in… fist1909 spec. in Association Football. Also absol. volley1909 transitive. Tennis, etc. To return (a ball) in play before it touches the ground; to reply to (a service) in this way. Also, Association Football, to… sidefoot1913 transitive. To strike (the ball) with the inside of the foot; to make (a shot), score (a goal), etc., by striking the ball in this way rather than… clear1947 Association Football, etc. To send (the ball etc.) out of one's defensive zone; to kick away from one's goal-area. Also absol. or intransitive. convert1950 transitive. To turn or change into something of different form or properties; to transform. Rugby. To kick a goal from (a try); also absol.… trap1950 Association Football. To receive and control (the ball), esp. between the foot and the ground. square1972 Association Football, etc. To pass (the ball) across the pitch, esp. towards the centre. welly1986 transitive. Originally and esp. Association Football. To kick, hit, or throw (an object, esp. a ball) hard. Cf. boot, v.3 5. |
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