red-doggingn.
/ˈrɛddɒɡɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈrɛdˌdɔɡɪŋ/, /ˈrɛdˌdɑɡɪŋ/ American Football.
The action of rushing the quarterback.
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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
end run1902
straight-arm1903
quarterback sneak1904
runback1905
roughing1906
Minnesota shift1910
quarterbacking1910
snap-back1910
pickoff1912
punt return1914
screen forward pass1915
screen pass1920
power play1921
sneak1921
passback1922
snap1922
defence1923
reverse1924
carry1927
lateral1927
stiff-arm1927
zone1927
zone defence1927
submarine charge1928
squib1929
block1931
pass rushing1933
safetying1933
trap play1933
end-around1934
straight-arming1934
trap1935
mousetrap1936
buttonhook1938
blitzing1940
hand-off1940
pitchout1946
slant1947
strike1947
draw play1948
shovel pass1948
bootleg1949
option1950
red dog1950
red-dogging1951
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
1951 Daily Oklahoman 24 Dec. 10/6 We gave him a bad time, ‘red dogging’ that is, rushing in our linebackers as well as our line when he threw.
1966 G. Plimpton Paper Lion xix. 202 Red-dogging, blitzing—a lot of names for it—means committing the linebackers to a rush on the passer.
1984 Galveston (Texas) Daily News 21 July 3 b/3 Many in the throng were well versed in the intricacies of red-dogging, square-outs and flea-flicker plays.
1991 Toronto Star (Nexis) 27 Oct. g6 Defensive co-ordinators exploited the merits of the blitz, which had been known as red dogging in the Canadian league.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
red-doggingadj.
/ˈrɛddɒɡɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈrɛdˌdɔɡɪŋ/, /ˈrɛdˌdɑɡɪŋ/ American Football.
Of a linebacker or defensive back: that rushes the quarterback.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > football > American football > [adjective] > actions or manoeuvres
end-around1934
blitzing1940
slant1947
bootleg1949
red-dogging1951
pass-rushing1961
bump-and-run1970
run-and-shoot1975
1951 Los Angeles Times 8 Oct. iv. 3/6 The red-dogging tactics employed by the Rams, in which the linebackers as well as the forwards rush the passer, spilled Otto Graham for losses aggregating 62 yards.
1973 T. Pynchon Gravity's Rainbow 194 Young Slothrop's football coach socked him the same way, giving him confidence for at least fifty seconds, till being trampled flat on his ass by a number of red-dogging Choate boys.
1994 Washington Post 30 Aug. (Sports section) 1 There are defensive players in the National Football League—linemen, red-dogging linebackers, blitzing safetys—who would just love..that chance to knock Shuler upside his $19 million head.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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