Safety

Word SAFETY
Character 6
Hyphenation safe ty
Pronunciations /ˈseɪfti/

Definitions and meanings of "Safety"

What do we mean by safety?

The condition of being safe; freedom from danger, risk, or injury. noun

A device designed to prevent accidents, as a lock on a firearm preventing accidental firing. noun

A play in which a member of the offensive team downs the ball or is tackled or forced out of bounds behind his own goal line, resulting in two points for the defensive team. noun

Either of two defensive backs normally positioned behind the linebackers in the middle of the backfield. noun

Immunity from harm or danger; preservation or freedom from injury, loss, or hurt. noun

An unharmed or uninjured state or condition: as, to escape in safety. noun

Freedom from risk or possible damage or hurt; safeness. noun

A safeguard. noun

Safe-keeping; close custody. noun

A safety-bicycle. noun

In foot-ball, a safety touch-down. noun

Defensive strategy at billiards. In America, since 1879, deliberate resort to misses has been restricted by limiting such misses to three in succession, and contingently to two. noun

In base-ball, a safe hit. noun

The condition or state of being safe; freedom from danger or hazard; exemption from hurt, injury, or loss. noun

Freedom from whatever exposes one to danger or from liability to cause danger or harm; safeness; hence, the quality of making safe or secure, or of giving confidence, justifying trust, insuring against harm or loss, etc. noun

Preservation from escape; close custody. noun

The act or result of a ball-carrier on the offensive team being tackled behind his own goal line, or the downing of a ball behind the offensive team's own goal line when it had been carried or propelled behind that goal line by a player on the offensive tream; such a play causes a score of two points to be awarded to the defensive team; -- it is distinguished from touchback, when the ball is downed behind the goal after being propelled there or last touched by a player of the defending team. See Touchdown. Same as Safety touchdown, below. noun

Short for Safety bicycle. noun

A switch on a firearm that locks the trigger and prevents the firearm from being discharged unintentionally; -- also called safety catch, safety lock, or lock. noun

The condition or feeling of being safe; security; certainty.

A mechanism on a weapon or dangerous equipment designed to prevent accidental firing.

An instance of a player being sacked or tackled in the end zone, or stepping out of the end zone and off the field, resulting in two points to the opposite team.

Any of the defensive players who are in position furthest from the line of scrimmage and whose responsibility is to defend against passes as well as to be the tacklers of last resort.

A safety squeeze.

Preservation from escape; close custody.

A safety bicycle.

An exclamation used as a warning immediately following a fart, made by the farter Urban Dictionary

Is not a joke. The carrying of weapons (must bring your own) is often encouraged to enhance safety. When pushed to the limit, safety is not guranteed. Due compensation is usually rendered when one returns from an operation that may call safety into question. Undertaking a difficult task (such as time travel) with someone who has only done it once before is not safe, but highly encouraged. Urban Dictionary

An extension of safe as a positive response or discription Urban Dictionary

On the defessive side of football. Defenders,(strong safety, and free safety) main purpose is to make sure nobody can break through for a long run, or a pass, the last people to defend until you reach the touchdown. Extra Help, almost anywhere on the field. Urban Dictionary

A chick who you keep around because she's always down to bang. She is usually called upon when you have failed with every chick at the bar and are too wasted to put together a coherent sentence, or when you have hit a dry spell. Rarely does one hang out with or talk to a safety sober. Urban Dictionary

Irie. Herb. Marijuana. All of the above. Smoking ganja, one is "safe". Ganja is "safety" as is the process of smoking it. West Coast. oregon Urban Dictionary

Safety is the act of saving urself when u say somethin stupid and u dont get a SAVE ME ONE CHOP! Urban Dictionary

A code-word of the "gruellerese" dialect to denote fruity buds. Urban Dictionary

A myth known to man Urban Dictionary

Yet another definition that has nothing to do with the real word, yet some punk who was angered by my previous definition of prep created the false illusion that he could "get me back" by writing an extreme half-assed, archaic insult that looks like it was pounded out by 1000 chimpanzees on 1000 type writers. Urban Dictionary

Synonyms and Antonyms for Safety

The word "safety" in example sentences

Promoted to Headline (H3) on 2/28/09: Clintons promote their second Monsanto 'fake food safety' plan that destroys farmers yahooBuzzArticleHeadline = 'Clintons promote their second Monsanto \'fake food safety\' plan that destroys farmers '; yahooBuzzArticleSummary =' Article: "Food safety" bills in Congress are "harmonized with the EU" and violently opposed by American farmers. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Promoted to Headline (H2) on 4/10/09: Michael Pollan has it right about 'food safety' yahooBuzzArticleHeadline = 'Michael Pollan has it right about \'food safety\' '; yahooBuzzArticleSummary =' Article: "Food safety." ❋ Unknown (2009)

The term "safety play" refers to one of any number of techniques for overcoming an adverse distribution, perhaps sacrificing an overtrick to ensure a contract. ❋ Unknown (2011)

But Mitt's bigger error wasn't saying "very poor," it was in fact using the term "safety net" -- over and over again. ❋ Chris Weigant (2012)

The firing pin safety is pushed upward and out of the way only when the trigger is pulled. ❋ Unknown (2010)

It was the word safety Antrel Rolle repeatedly used, too, Monday. ❋ Aditi Kinkhabwala (2011)

She does print a somewhat less damning picture taken moments earlier, which as honesty goes is fair enough, and her own account of what happened during a "two-minute lapse of sanity [that] will haunt me until I die" is predictably overwrought, a mite disingenuous, and as fascinating as a lecture on zeppelin safety from the Hindenburg's captain. ❋ Unknown (2005)

The reason you can walk down the streets of Toronto tonight in safety is not because there is good will in Toronto. ❋ Unknown (1944)

The quickest way to get back home in safety is to get down at your balloon and get away again. ❋ Unknown (1918)

Give me your word that you will not stimulate suspicion by remonstrating with Edward against your own arrest till the court leaves Durham, and I will instantly find a way to conduct your friend in safety from the castle. ❋ Unknown (1875)

Being a left handed Dad with two right handed boys that I hope to pass along my shotguns to someday, the location of the safety is a deal breaker for me. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Given the American love affair with sugar, not to mention the staggering statistics on obesity as well as disorders like diabetes, many people are turning to artificial sweeteners, so their safety is a big issue. ❋ M.D. Glenn D. Braunstein (2010)

Some players dissentAlthough player safety is a major concern, the NFL crackdown has not been well-received by some of the players. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The teams are responsible for tracking down what company insiders dub 'S-ketten,' a hybrid of an abbreviation for the English word "safety" and the Japanese term for defects. ❋ Chester Dawson (2011)

"[Safety]! I would [keep walking] [forward], quickly, if I were you." ❋ Steph (2003)

"We're going to hunt [sabretooth] tigers, and safety is not guranteed. Better bring your own weapons." "Wanted: Someone to go [back in time] with me. Safety not guranteed." "[Sean Connery] knows nothing of safety, hes only done this once before." ❋ Ayesee (2006)

"I just [scored] [sum] [bad ass] weed" "safety" ❋ BeSpoken (2008)

Ken [Hamlin] "[the hammer]" is a safety that hits hard!!!! GO [SEAHAWKS]!!! ❋ BigAce21 (2006)

Guy 1: Dude, it's [4am], and every chick has turned us down at least twice. Also, [I'm pretty sure] those last 6 shots of tequila were a mistake Guy 2: Let's [take 5] more shots Guy 1: No doubt! Lemme just text my safety that I'm coming over, cause I really need to put my penis inside something. Guy 2: word, me too. ❋ DudeMcBro (2011)

Let's take [a safety] break. Are you [safe]? [Safety] comes first. ❋ Safetreedepositdrop (2006)

SAFETY!SAFETY! I meant to [say dat] u dont hav [di bi di i ur mouf] u hav di bi pussy i ur [mouf] BITCH! ❋ Pimp Daddy Bitch (2004)

Does anybody have any safety [materials]? I'm so [unsafe] [right now]! ❋ Bard (2003)

(child) [mommy] [what does] safe mean? (mother) it means safety. (child) what does safety mean (mother) its a [myth] ❋ That_guy_21 (2006)

Punk: "Oh no, after reading that definition of what a prep really is, I mistuck my heroin needle into my wrist and nearly bled to death. But it's all good, because IM SO FULL OF PAIN AND SUFFERING, [WAAH]. By the way, I think I'll write a cheesy comeback toward hatred." hatred: "They say if you let 1000 [chimpanzees] [on 1000] type writers... Sooner or later, one will make an offensive insult. That was not it." ❋ Hatred (2003)

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