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drop kick
1noun
- a kick made by dropping a football to the ground and kicking it as it starts to bounce up. Compare place kick, punt 1( def 1 ).
drop-kick
2[ drop-kik ]
verb (used with object)
- to score (a field goal or point after touchdown) by a drop kick.
- to kick (the ball as dropped for a drop kick).
verb (used without object)
- to make a drop kick.
drop kick
noun
- a kick in certain sports such as rugby, in which the ball is dropped and kicked as it bounces from the ground Compare punt 2 place kick
- a wrestling attack, illegal in amateur wrestling, in which a wrestler leaps in the air and kicks his opponent in the face or body with both feet
- slang.a stupid or worthless person
verb
- to kick (a ball, etc) using a drop kick
- to kick (an opponent in wrestling) by the use of a drop kick
Other Words From
- drop-kicker noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of drop kick1
Origin of drop kick2
Example Sentences
After that early adversity of going down to 14 men, he was thrown the ball in a way that was slightly disjointed and he turned it into a drop kick.
Ford banged over a penalty to level it at 3-3 and then started to drop kick the Pumas to distraction.
BH: "For a forward to take a drop kick from 45 metres on the angle, it was just effortless..."
“You basically have to imagine that at any point, someone is going to drop kick the box over a fence,” Horst said.
But the visitors equalized with their first foray in the 27th, Neuhaus meeting Kimmich’s attempted clearance with a drop kick past Sven Ulreich in the Bayern goal.
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