bully-off
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noun
a method by which a game is restarted after a stoppage. Two opposing players stand with the ball between them and alternately strike their sticks together and against the ground three times before trying to hit the ball
verb bully off
(intr, adverb) to restart play after a stoppage with a bully-off
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Often shortened to: bully
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Word Origin for bully-off
C19: perhaps from bully scrum in Eton football; of unknown origin
Words nearby bully-off
bullwhip, bully, bully beef, bullyboy, bullycide, bully-off, bully pulpit, bullyrag, bully tree, bulnbuln, Bülow
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