单词 | headball |
释义 | headballn. 1. Cricket. A cunningly bowled ball, spec. one bowled with the intention of deceiving the batter into making a mistake. Cf. head bowler n. at head n.1 Compounds 4. Now disused. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > bowling > [noun] > a ball bowled > types of delivery or ball full toss1826 long hop1830 twister1832 bail ball1833 bailer1833 grubber1837 slow ball1838 wide1838 ground ball1839 shooter1843 slower ball1846 twiddler1847 creeper1848 lob1851 sneak1851 sneaker1851 slow1854 bumper1855 teaser1856 daisy-cutter1857 popper1857 yorker1861 sharpshooter1863 headball1866 screwball1866 underhand1866 skimmerc1868 grub1870 ramrod1870 raymonder1870 round-armer1871 grass cutter1876 short pitch1877 leg break1878 lob ball1880 off-break1883 donkey-drop1888 tice1888 fast break1889 leg-breaker1892 kicker1894 spinner1895 wrong 'un1897 googly1903 fizzer1904 dolly1906 short ball1911 wrong 'un1911 bosie1912 bouncer1913 flyer1913 percher1913 finger-spinner1920 inswinger1920 outswinger1920 swinger1920 off-spinner1924 away swinger1925 Chinaman1929 overspinner1930 tweaker1938 riser1944 leg-cutter1949 seamer1952 leggy1954 off-cutter1955 squatter1955 flipper1959 lifter1959 cutter1960 beamer1961 loosener1962 doosra1999 1866 Bell's Life in London 29 Sept. 3/5 Avenged, indeed, were the many weary hours of the past season. The half-volley, whose name is Legion; the Long Hop, and that accursed ‘Head Ball’, now met at his hands with that Justice he had so long felt was their due. 1870 Baily's Monthly Mag. July 295 Alfred Shaw..is one of the few bowlers..qualified to attempt a ‘head ball’. 1908 Manch. Guardian 20 June 5/6 He got Hayes's wicket by a ‘head’ ball. 2. Association Football (chiefly U.S.). An act of striking the ball with the head; a ball struck in this way; = header n. 9a.In quot. 1922 in punning reference to the name of the sport. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > football > association football > [noun] > actions or manoeuvres holding1866 hand-balling1867 left-footer1874 header1875 handball1879 goal kick1881 corner1882 spot kick1884 middle1899 clearance1920 cross-kick1927 cross-pass1929 body swerve1933 open goal1934 headball1936 chip1939 through-ball1956 wall pass1958 outswinger1959 cross1961 overlap1969 blooter1976 hospital pass1978 route one1978 sidefoot1979 top bin1999 ankle-biting2001 1922 Chicago Tribune 1 Oct. (Sunday Photo Feature Mag.) 7/2 (caption) Headball or Football? At any rate the player at the left is using his head to good advantage in this Welsh game of soccer between the Cardiff City team and the Spurs.] 1936 China Weekly Rev. 1 Aug. 313/2 The Dutch press opinion here, while unanimously acknowledging the technique of China Team, especially their technique in head-ball, being one grade higher than that of the soccer world here, also predicted that the China Team would not get a good result in Berlin. 1955 F. F. DiClemente Soccer Illustr. iii. 45 A successful head ball does not necessarily mean one that has been hit for a distance. 1984 N.Y. Times 23 June i. 34/6 The Cosmos regained the lead for good with Chico Borja's headball. 1998 Ledger (Lakeland, Florida) (Nexis) 19 May (Metro section) b1 An opposing player broke Craft's jaw when she went up for a headball during a Monday night school soccer game. 2011 Telegraph (Alton, Illinois) (Nexis) 25 May She dived to her left and deflected a headball that had been rocketed down just inside the post. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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