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hash mark
[ hash mahrk ]
noun
- a military service stripe worn on the sleeve of an enlisted person.
- the symbol (#); pound sign.
- Football. the marking formed by either inbounds line intersecting with one of the lines delineating yardage between the goal lines.
Word History and Origins
Origin of hash mark1
Example Sentences
Carroll’s abundance of energy can be translated to training camp where he’s attracted widespread media attention by sprinting along the hash marks, completing passing to receivers and running out to players after a successful drill.
Lind sent the puck to McCormick at the hash marks and the Firebirds captain flicked it in.
That’s why the referee or linesman dropping the puck ensures both players taking the draw have skates pointed straight ahead and planted near, but not over, hash marks within the circle.
President Ronald Reagan made “hash marks” to divide his speeches into 30-second chunks.
Cogliano opened the scoring with 8 1/2 minutes left in the first, ripping a shot past Delia glove side from the hash marks for his seventh of the season.
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