red-dog

red-dog
\\ˈ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷\ verb
Etymology: from the noun phrase red dog
: to rush (the passer) in football
: to rush the passer in football

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red-dogger, n.
/red"dawg', -dog'/, v., red-dogged, red-dogging. Football. (esp. of linebackers)
v.t.
1. to charge directly for (the passer) as soon as the ball is snapped.
v.i.
2. to red-dog the passer.
[1950-55]

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redˈ-dog noun
The lowest grade of flour in high milling
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Main Entry:red

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1. the lowest grade of flour produced in milling.
2. a mixture of slate, ash, and waste from a coal mine, used sometimes in surfacing temporary roads.
3. a card game in which each player bets on his ability to show a card from his hand of the same suit but higher than the one turned up from the remaining cards in the deck.
4. Football Slang. the defensive tactic of red-dogging; blitz.
red-dog «REHD DG, -DOG», transitive verb, intransitive verb. -dogged, -dog|ging.
Football Slang. to pursue and harass (the passer); blitz.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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