kick-off

See also kick off

English

Alternative forms

• kickoff

Etymology

kick + off

Noun

Wikipedia kick-off (plural kick-offs)

1. (soccer) the opening kick of each half of a game of football.
   • 2011 January 11, Jonathan Stevenson, “West Ham 2 - 1 Birmingham”, 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: البداية (ar) (al-bidaaya(t)) f. Czech: výkop (cs) m. Dutch: aftrap (nl) m. Estonian: avalöök (et) Finnish: avauspotku (fi)

French: coup d'envoi (fr) m. Italian: calcio di inizio (it) m. Norwegian: avspark (no) n. Polish: rozpoczęcie meczu (pl) n., rozpoczęcie spotkania (pl) n. Swedish: avspark (sv) c.

opening sequence of an event

Finnish: alkupotku (fi)

French: lancement (fr) m.