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- verb Present participle of
nutmeg .
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Examples
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After an early nutmegging by Ahmed Elmohamady, the scorer coped well out of position at left back, eventually thoroughly subduing the Egypt winger Bruce had ordered his team to play through.
Steve Bruce has to win over the Sunderland fans after Newcastle defeat 2011
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Nothing better than nutmegging Murdo Fraser really ...
The real reason for my blog.... Jeff 2007
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And the absolute nutmegging pinnacle is if you shout 'NUTMEG' before you put it through your opponent's legs...and collect it the other side.
Archive 2005-11-01 Kerron Cross 2005
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Suarez cancelled out Kenwyne Jones' 44th-minute opener in the Carling Cup fourth round tie at the Britannia Stadium with a delightful effort nine minutes into the second half, the Uruguay international nutmegging Ryan Shotton before bending the ball around Potters goalkeeper Thomas Sorensen and into the far corner.
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Liverpool, then, seemed to be growing in confidence, Luis Suárez - booked early on for a kick out at Michael Dawson - beginning to work his fleet-footed, impish magic, nutmegging opponents, his electricity jolting the Kop awake.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011
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Nani turned Samuel Ricketts inside out on the left, before squaring the ball for Berbatov, who neatly found the net with the outside of his foot, nutmegging Knight in the process.
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On 21 minutes Maggio equalised as he pounced on the rebound after Samir Handanovic blocked German Denis's shot with his legs, nutmegging the Slovenian goalkeeper to equalise.
Soccerway.com 2010
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The Arsenal star played a neat one-two with Rafael Van der Vaart before cheekily nutmegging keeper Hamidou.
HomePage - The Sun 2010
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Nike's elaborate, three-minute multimillion-pound World Cup commercial featuring Wayne Rooney beating Roger Federer at table tennis, Ronaldo nutmegging Homer Simpson and a cameo by Gael
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Cano de buonanotte a neri Diego Buonanotte (River Plate) vs. Boca Jrs 11.07 (This clip captures the backdrop to a legend: it was the cheeky Buonanotte gambeta in the previous November's clasico against hated Boca-audaciously nutmegging hard man Neri Cardozo at the touchline-that first hinted of this wisp of a lad's surprising competitive fires … not to mention his budding dramatic skills.)
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