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  2. Punt (gridiron football) - Wikipedia

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    In gridiron football, a punt is a kick performed by dropping the ball from the hands and then kicking the ball before it hits the ground. The most common use of this tactic is to punt the ball downfield to the opposing team, usually on the final down , with the hope of giving the receiving team a field position that is more advantageous to the ...

  3. List of sports idioms - Wikipedia

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    OED cites as synonym for "punch-drunk" to 1937, alternate meaning to 1943. [61] See punch-drunk, above, slap-happy, below. punt American Football: Used to convey that things aren't going as planned and it is time to step back and reassess the situation. push it over the goal line American Football: Complete the activity or project, finish the ...

  4. Glossary of American football terms - Wikipedia

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    gridiron 1. The field of play; a football field 2. A generalized term for American, Canadian, arena, and other related forms of football, especially in contrast with rugby football (rugby union, rugby league) and association football (soccer). See also Gridiron football The word derives from the same root as griddle, meaning a "lattice". The ...

  5. Philippine English vocabulary - Wikipedia

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    This word is shared with British English. Course [18] — Academic degree. Shared with British English partly due to the Spanish word curso and its borrowed form in many Philippine languages. Cutex [10] — Nail polish. Dean's lister [39] — A person awarded a dean's list; Despedida party [7] [5] — A farewell party. The word despedida is a ...

  6. Punter (gridiron football) - Wikipedia

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    Shane Lechler of the Oakland Raiders punts the ball in November 2008. A punter (P) in gridiron football is a special teams player who receives the snapped ball directly from the line of scrimmage and then punts (kicks) the football to the opposing team so as to limit any field position advantage.

  7. UP Diksiyonaryong Filipino - Wikipedia

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    The UP Diksiyonaryong Filipino (UPDF; "UP Filipino Dictionary") is a series of monolingual Filipino dictionaries. The dictionaries were created by the Sentro ng Wikang Filipino of the University of the Philippines, with Virgilio S. Almario, National Artist for Literature and a professor at the University of the Philippines Diliman, as editor-in-chief.

  8. Category:Filipino slang - Wikipedia

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  9. List of loanwords in Tagalog - Wikipedia

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    An example is the Tagalog word libre, which is derived from the Spanish translation of the English word free, although used in Tagalog with the meaning of "without cost or payment" or "free of charge", a usage which would be deemed incorrect in Spanish as the term gratis would be more fitting; Tagalog word libre can also mean free in aspect of ...