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Tweet n. 1. Sports a. A situation in ice hockey, lacrosse, and certain other sports in which one team has a temporary numerical advantage because the other team has had one or more players removed from play on account of a penalty. b. An offensive maneuver in a team game, especially in football, in which a massive concentration of players is applied in a certain area. 2. A strategic maneuver, as in politics, diplomacy, or business, based on the use or threatened use of power as a means of coercion. |
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