running play

1. 1.

   (American football) a play in which a player attempts to carry the ball through or past the opposing team

   “the defensive line braced to stop the run”

   “the coach put great emphasis on running”

   Synonymsrunrunningrunning game

   Broaderfootball play

   Narrowerdrawend runreturnreverserush

   American football

Questions about running play

What does running play mean?

running play means "(American football) a play in which a player attempts to carry the ball through or past the opposing team".

What is another word for running play?

Close synonyms include run, running, running game. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is running play a common word?

running play is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.