kick-off

kick-off

See also: kickoff and kick off

English

Alternative forms

• kickoff

Etymology

kick + off

Noun

kick-off (plural kick-offs)

1. (soccer, American football) the opening kick of each half of a game of football.
   • 2011 January 11, Jonathan Stevenson, “West Ham 2 - 1 Birmingham”, in BBC‎:

     The atmosphere at Upton Park before kick-off reflected the palpable tension surrounding the club right now

2. (by extension) the opening sequence of any event

Translations

opening kick in football

Arabic: اَلْبِدَايَة‎ f (al-bidāya) Catalan: servei inicial (ca) m, servei de centre (ca) m Chinese: Mandarin: 開球 (zh), 开球 (zh) (kāiqiú) Czech: výkop (cs) m Dutch: aftrap (nl) m Estonian: avalöök Finnish: avauspotku French: coup d'envoi (fr) m

German: Anstoß (de) Italian: calcio d'inizio m Japanese: キックオフ (ja) (kikku-offu), 先蹴 (せんしゅう, senshū) Norwegian: avspark n Polish: rozpoczęcie meczu n, rozpoczęcie spotkania n Portuguese: pontapé inicial m Russian: введе́ние мяча́ в игру́ n (vvedénije mjačá v igrú), кик-о́фф m (kik-óff) Spanish: saque inicial m Swedish: avspark (sv) c

opening sequence of an event

Catalan: seqüència d'obertura d'un esdeveniment m Finnish: alkupotku, aloitus (fi), avaus (fi) French: lancement (fr) m German: Auftakt (de) m

Portuguese: tiro de partida, pontapé inicial m Russian: старт (ru) m (start), нача́ло (ru) n (načálo) Spanish: secuencia de apertura de un evento m