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Meaning of "off break" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF OFF BREAK

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF OFF BREAK

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Off break is a noun.
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WHAT DOES OFF BREAK MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Off break

Off break is a type of delivery in the sport of cricket. It is the attacking delivery of an off spin bowler. Off breaks are known as off spinners. An off break is bowled by holding the cricket ball in the palm of the hand with the seam running across under all the fingers. As the ball is released, the fingers roll down the right side of the ball, giving the ball a clockwise spin as seen from behind. When the ball bounces on the pitch, the spin causes it to deviate towards the right from the bowler's perspective, this is to the left from the batsman's point of view or towards the leg side of a right-handed batsman. The ball spins away from the off side. An off spin bowler will bowl mostly off breaks, varying them by adjusting the line and length of the deliveries. Off breaks are considered to be one of the easier spin deliveries for a right-handed batsman to play. This is because the ball moves in towards the batsman's body, meaning the batsman's legs are usually in the path of the ball if it misses the bat or takes an edge.

Definition of off break in the English dictionary

The definition of off break in the dictionary is a bowled ball that spins from off to leg on pitching.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE OFF BREAK

off air
off and on
off base
off beam
off camera
off chance
off colour
off day
off duty
off key
off label
off limits
off message
off on one
off one´s game
off one´s guard
off one´s hands
off one´s head
off one´s nana
off one´s nut

WORDS THAT END LIKE OFF BREAK

break
career break
city break
coffee break
daybreak
freak
heartbreak
jailbreak
leg break
lucky break
lunch break
make or break
make-or-break
mini-break
newsbreak
outbreak
price break
service break
tax break
tea break
tie-break

Synonyms and antonyms of off break in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «off break» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF OFF BREAK

Find out the translation of off break to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of off break from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «off break» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

关断
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

de ruptura
570 millions of speakers

English

off break
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

तोड़ बंद
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

من استراحة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

от перерыва
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

off pausa
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বন্ধ বিরতি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

en pause
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Off break
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

abbrechen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ブレークオフ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

브레이크 해제
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Mati break
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

ra nghỉ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

முறிந்தது
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

ऑफ ब्रेक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Kapalı mola
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

off pausa
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

od przerwy
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

від перерви
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

off pauză
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

off διάλειμμα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

af te breek
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

off paus
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

off pause
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of off break

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «OFF BREAK»

The term «off break» is regularly used and occupies the 88.429 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «OFF BREAK» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about off break

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «OFF BREAK»

Discover the use of off break in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to off break and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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A Collection of Confusible Phrases
... had the dynamic German carrier Lufthansa as a partner, but tensions prevailed and things came to a point of no return when Lufthansa unilaterally broke off the agreement. break away break off break out break away come apart from smth.
Yuri Dolgopolov, 2004
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Cricket For Dummies
An off-break turns from the off side to the leg on pitching, assuming the batsman is right-handed. To bowl an off-break spread the middle joints of the index and middle fingers wide across the seam of the ball and rest the ball on the third finger ...
Julian Knight, 2013
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Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
... force yourself through something that is holding you back: Protesters broke through the barriers. break sth up [M] to divide into many pieces, or to divide something into many pieces: The company has been broken up and sold off. break (sth) ...
‎2008
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Dictionary of Upriver Halkomelem
... a glass), break s-th to pieces, beat s-th/s-o to a pu1p:: th'6:wt. split off, break off, break a piece off, break in two, split in two:: peqw. to break [in pieces], it broke: y6qw'em ~ y6:qw'em < y6kw' ~ y6qw'. break wind to pass gas, break wind, to fart::  ...
Brent Douglas Galloway, 2009
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Wisden Dictionary of Cricket
But usually off-break denotes the 'stock' ball of a right-arm finger-spinner (See FINGER-SPIN). The term off-break formerly embraced balls of any pace that broke back from off: describing Tom Richardson, the great England fast bowler of the ...
Michael Rundell, 2009
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Untitled
... force yourself through something that is holding you back: Protesters broke through the barriers. break sth up [M] todivideinto many pieces, ortodivide somethinginto many pieces: The company has been broken up and sold off. break (sth) up ...
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Comparative Austronesian Dictionary: An Introduction to ...
Also duk we. Also -oralh, -0rapeles depending on object. -akw (i) eti 'break open'; -epui 'break off, break apart'; etehi 'break apart, disassemble'; -ete¢i 'break an elongated object, snap'; -ewi api 'step on and break'; -ewese 'break off at ajoint'.
Darrell T. Tryon, 1995
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Microsoft Encarta Thesaurus
... getaway, flight, running away, running off break the ice v get to know, make friends, get acquainted, introduce yourself, set the ball rolling break through v burst through, penetrate, come through, breach, wear down breakthrough n advance, ...
Microsoft, Susan Jellis, 2002
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Act of Contrition
Break it off ... break it off ... break it off ... Like a dark and bottomless chasm it yawned before her and she felt herself being thrown into it, being torn from Mike and cast into its fearful depths, Rosa and Father Vincent standing at the brink, ...
Janice Holt Giles, 2005
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Glory Gardens 7 - Down The Wicket
gvogly grubber hat trick half-volley leg break/ off-break to score off a full toss, so it's considered a bad ball. A high full toss from a fast bowler is called a 'beamer'. It is very dangerous and should never be bowled deliberately. A 'googly' is an ...
Bob Cattell, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «OFF BREAK»

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Bermuda Loses To The Bahamas At Davis Cup
The first set was hard fought, with both sides fighting off break points. The set remained deadlocked until Bahamas secured the key break to ... «Bernews, Jul 15»
2
Cricketers and their philosopher alter egos
The decision problem - whether to come down the pitch if it is a routine off break or whether to play from the crease if it is a doosra - is formally ... «Sportskeeda, Jul 15»
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(EDITORIAL from Korea Herald on July 24)
Many of the interns were not paid for working overtime or working on holidays. Some employers took off break hours from the hourly wages. «Yonhap News, Jul 15»
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[Editorial] Internship guideline
Many of the interns were not paid for working overtime or working on holidays. Some employers took off break hours from the hourly wages. «The Korea Herald, Jul 15»
5
Kruger National Park's baby elephant shows off break dancing
Elephants are not supposed to be graceful but try telling that to this little one. The baby elephant managed to wow visitors at Kruger National ... «Metro, Jul 15»
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Didn't expect pitch to turn - Mathews
... are 4 types of spinners. one is right arm off break,one is left arm chinaman,one is left arm orthodox,one is leg break also mistory spinner Akila ... «ESPNcricinfo.com, Jul 15»
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The Angelo Mathews-Marvan Atapattu combo and the retrograde of …
Younis Khan once during an over received an off break that spun square from way outside off stump to narrowly spin past his leg stump. «Sportskeeda, Jul 15»
8
Davis Cup Australia vs Kazakhstan: Kokkinakis loses to Kukushkin
Both the Australian and his rival staved off break points in their opening service games but Kukushkin eventually seized the early momentum ... «The Australian, Jul 15»
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Rotary hopes to boost summer reading with book donation
According to her, the School District's spring testing scores are usually higher than the fall scores, when students are fresh off break. Books are ... «Foster's Daily Democrat, Jul 15»
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No sign of man who jumped off break wall in Lakewood Park into …
LAKEWOOD, Ohio — A U.S. Coast Guard boat and helicopter scoured the edge of Lake Erie Wednesday morning in search of a man who ... «cleveland.com, Jul 15»

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