Meaning

2 senses
  1. The situation where the quarterback attempts to draw the defense offside through a deceptive snap count sequence, sometimes accompanied by subtle body movements which simulate the initiation of the play.

    Jones is good at drawing a defense offside with his hard count.

  2. The process of counting and verifying coins or tokens.

Forms

plural: hard counts
Singularhard count
Pluralhard counts

regular

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

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