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POINT AFTER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
In American football a point awarded for a successful place kick following a touchdown
Synonyms:
extra point; point after; point after touchdown
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("point after" is a kind of...):
conversion (a successful free throw or try for point after a touchdown)
point (the unit of counting in scoring a game or contest)
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)