"off drive" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: off drives [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} off drive (plural off drives)
  1. (cricket) A type of batsman's shot played by swinging the bat vertically and hitting the ball along the ground in the direction of mid off. Categories (topical): Cricket Synonyms: off-drive
    Sense id: en-off_drive-en-noun-8Vkgws0l Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 51 49 Topics: ball-games, cricket, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports

Verb

Forms: off drives [present, singular, third-person], off driving [participle, present], off drove [past], off driven [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|+|+|off drove|~n}} off drive (third-person singular simple present off drives, present participle off driving, simple past off drove, past participle off driven)
  1. (cricket) To play such a shot. Categories (topical): Cricket Related terms: square drive, cover drive, on drive
    Sense id: en-off_drive-en-verb-e90PoW3D Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 51 49 Topics: ball-games, cricket, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for off drive meaning in English (2.7kB)

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