Meaning

3 senses
  1. The opening kick of each half of a game of football.

    Anstoß

    введе́ние мяча́ в игру́vvedénije mjačá v igrú, кик-о́ффkik-óff

  2. (broadly)The opening sequence of any event.

    Auftakt, Startschuss

    стартstart, нача́лоnačálo

  3. The opening sequence of notes in a song, usually played by the song's main instrument, to indicate the beginning of the song.

Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
opening kick in football:
opening sequence of an event:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
opening kick in football:
opening sequence of an event:

Origin

Deverbal from kick off.

Deverbal from kick off.

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Forms

plural: kick-offs

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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