/ English Dictionary |
FAIR CATCH
Pronunciation (US): | (GB): |
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(American football) a catch of a punt on the fly by a defensive player who has signalled that he will not run and so should not be tackled
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("fair catch" is a kind of...):
catch; grab; snap; snatch (the act of catching an object with the hands)
Domain category:
American football; American football game (a game played by two teams of 11 players on a rectangular field 100 yards long; teams try to get possession of the ball and advance it across the opponents goal line in a series of (running or passing) plays)