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