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Touchdown :: Touchdown (n.) The act of touching the football down behind the opponents' goal .

Bluff :: Bluff (v. t.) To deter (an opponent) from taking the risk of betting on his hand of cards, as the bluffer does by betting heavily on his own hand although it may be of less value..

Antagonist :: Antagonist (n.) One who contends with another, especially in combat; an adversary; an opponent..

Defy :: Defy (v. t.) To provoke to combat or strife; to call out to combat; to challenge; to dare; to brave; to set at defiance; to treat with contempt; as, to defy an enemy; to defy the power of a magistrate; to defy the arguments of an opponent; to defy public opinion..

Slam :: Slam (v. t.) To defeat (opponents at cards) by winning all the tricks of a deal or a hand.

Opposer :: Opposer (n.) One who opposes; an opponent; an antagonist; an adversary.

Interponent :: Interponent (n.) One who, or that which, interposes; an interloper, an opponent..

Opponent :: Opponent (n.) One who opposes; an adversary; an antagonist; a foe.

Concurrent :: Concurrent (n.) One pursuing the same course, or seeking the same objects; hence, a rival; an opponent..

Gerrymander :: Gerrymander (v. t.) To divide (a State) into districts for the choice of representatives, in an unnatural and unfair way, with a view to give a political party an advantage over its opponent..

Floor :: Floor (v. t.) To strike down or lay level with the floor; to knock down; hence, to silence by a conclusive answer or retort; as, to floor an opponent..

Opponent :: Opponent (a.) Situated in front; opposite; hence, opposing; adverse; antagonistic..

Skunk :: Skunk (v. t.) In games of chance and skill: To defeat (an opponent) (as in cards) so that he fails to gain a point, or (in checkers) to get a king..

Encounterer :: Encounterer (n.) One who encounters; an opponent; an antagonist.

Papacy :: Papacy (n.) The Roman Catholic religion; -- commonly used by the opponents of the Roman Catholics in disparagement or in an opprobrious sense.

Permiss :: Permiss (n.) A permitted choice; a rhetorical figure in which a thing is committed to the decision of one's opponent.

Poll :: Poll (v. t.) To register or deposit, as a vote; to elicit or call forth, as votes or voters; as, he polled a hundred votes more than his opponent..

Overmatch :: Overmatch (n.) One superior in power; also, an unequal match; a contest in which one of the opponents is overmatched..

Contrary :: Contrary (n.) An opponent; an enemy.

Wrestle :: Wrestle (v. t.) To contend, by grappling with, and striving to trip or throw down, an opponent; as, they wrestled skillfully..

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