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off drive

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.06 in modern English

Syllables
of-f -drive
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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.

verb

To play such a shot.

Inflected Forms

off drives (plural) off-drive (alternative) off drives (present, singular) off driving (participle, present) off drove (past) off driven (participle, past)

Phrases

square drive cover drive on drive

Frequently Paired Words

square drive cover drive on drive

Questions

What does off drive mean?
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.

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