Cruyff turnnoun [ C ]
uk/ˌkrɔɪf ˈtɜːn//ˌkrɔɪf ˈtɝːn/in football, a movement invented by the player Johan Cruyff, in which a player with the ball moves past another player by pushing the ball across and behind their own leg and then turning and moving in the direction of the ball
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