hang time

American  

noun

1. the length of time that a football remains in the air after being kicked.

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Etymology

Origin of hang time

First recorded in 1970–75

Example Sentences

“We got some serious hang time in with Richard Kind,” says Johnson, grinning when I ask about performing that night.

From Los Angeles Times

“Field goals have got to go through the uprights, punts got to go outside the numbers with good hang time and kickoffs got to get on the ground just like any other game,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times

Scott finished top 10 in downed punts inside the 20-yard line and posted the second-highest hang time in the league at 4.65 seconds last season.

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They include Jordan, whose style, hang time and acrobatic dunking were as popular in corporate boardrooms as they were on playgrounds; Bill Russell and Wilt Chamberlain, who shook up the game with their athleticism and size in the ’50s and ’60s; and David “Skywalker” Thompson, who, at 6-foot-4, dominated college basketball while starring for North Carolina State but had to settle for gently laying the ball in due to the dunk ban.

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Scott notched a hang time of longer than five seconds on five of his six punts against the Kansas City Chiefs, Ficken said.

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