onsidesadv.adj.
/ˌɒnˈsʌɪdz/, U.S. /ˈɔnˈsaɪdz/, /ˈɑnˈsaɪdz/ American Football.
A. adv.
= onside adv.Quot. 1962 may be construed as an adjective or an adverb.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > characteristics of team ball games > [adverb] > part of playing area
onside1871
midfield1883
upfield1951
infield1959
onsides1962
1962 H. B. Bonham Football Lingo 35 Onsides, a reference to a player who stays on his team's side of the scrimmage until a play begins or behind the restraining line on a kickoff until the ball is kicked.
1985 Arkansas Democrat-Gaz. (Nexis) 6 Sept. He had games as a junior when he had trouble staying onsides.
1993 Pittsburgh Post-Gaz. (Nexis) 3 Oct. (Sports section) d1 Louisville looked as though it hadn't worked much on things like staying onsides or remember various other protocols.
2002 Tennessean (Nexis) 29 Sept. 11 c On the ensuing kickoff, they kicked onsides.
B. adj.
onsides kick n. = onside kick n. at onside adj.1
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rush1857
punt-out1861
goal-kicking1871
safety1879
safety touchdown1879
scrimmage1880
rushing1882
safety touch1884
touchback1884
forward pass1890
run1890
blocking1891
signal1891
fake1893
onside kick1895
tandem-play1895
pass play1896
spiral1896
shift1901
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straight-arm1903
quarterback sneak1904
runback1905
roughing1906
Minnesota shift1910
quarterbacking1910
snap-back1910
pickoff1912
punt return1914
screen forward pass1915
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power play1921
sneak1921
passback1922
snap1922
defence1923
reverse1924
carry1927
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stiff-arm1927
zone1927
zone defence1927
submarine charge1928
squib1929
block1931
pass rushing1933
safetying1933
trap play1933
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pitchout1946
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option1950
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rollout1951
submarine1952
sleeper pass1954
draw1956
bomb1960
swing pass1960
pass rush1962
blitz1963
spearing1964
onsides kick1965
takeaway1967
quarterback sack1968
smash-mouth1968
veer1968
turn-over1969
bump-and-run1970
scramble1971
sack1972
nose tackle1975
nickel1979
pressure1981
1965 N.Y. Times 5 Sept. v. 4/5 A recovered onsides kick led to the third score with Frank Jackson going the final 19 yards on a reverse.
1970 Washington Post 30 Sept. d3/4 ‘At least our onsides kick worked,’ said McCafferty, somewhat facetiously.
1980 News & Observer (Raleigh, N. Carolina) 28 Oct. 12/3 Miami recovered an onsides kick on its 37 and six plays later Nathan leaped over from the one with 11 seconds to go to make it 17–14.
1995 Star-Ledger (Newark, New Jersey) 22 Oct. v. 3/2 A touchdown and a recovery of an onsides kick would have made things interesting.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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