Associations to the word «Interception»

Wiktionary

INTERCEPTION, noun. An act of intercepting something, the state of being intercepted, or a thing that is intercepted.
INTERCEPTION, noun. (American football) A passing play where the ball is received by the opposing team.
INTERCEPTION, noun. (rugby) a pass that is intercepted by an opposing player.
INTERCEPTION TRIES, noun. Plural of interception try
INTERCEPTION TRY, noun. (rugby) A try that results from an interception.

Dictionary definition

INTERCEPTION, noun. The act of intercepting; preventing something from proceeding or arriving; "he resorted to the interception of his daughter's letters"; "he claimed that the interception of one missile by another would be impossible".
INTERCEPTION, noun. (American football) the act of catching a football by a player on the opposing team.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats