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penalty mark

noun

Etymology

From penalty + mark.

  1. derived from *mórǵs✻
  2. derived from *markō✻
  3. derived from *marku✻
  4. derived from mearc
  5. derived from mark
  6. compounded as penalty mark — “penalty + mark”

Definitions

  1. a small white spot, painted on the grass, twelve yards in front of the centre of the goal…

    a small white spot, painted on the grass, twelve yards in front of the centre of the goal line, from which all penalty kicks are taken

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