Lexic.us

Definition of Drop-kick

1. Verb. Make the point after a touchdown with a dropkick.

2. Verb. Drop and kick (a ball) as it touches the ground, as for a field goal.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Drop-kick

drooping lily sign droopingly droopings droops droopy drop drop-back drop-backs drop-ball drop-dead

drop-down drop-down list drop-down menu drop-in drop-ins drop-kick (current term) drop-kicker drop-leaf drop-leaf table drop-off

drop-off charge drop-offs drop-out drop-seed drop a bollock drop a bombshell drop a brick drop a dime drop a hint

Literary usage of Drop-kick

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Inside Football by Frank W. Cavanaugh (1919)
"CHAPTER XXXI DROP KICK AND PLACEMENT KICK THE starting signal, though admirable for punts, should not be used, except for some especially important reason, ..."

2. American Football by Charles Dudley Daly (1921)
"THE DROP KICK When the attack by running, passing, or kicking finds itself in ... The only difference between the drop-kick formation and the regular-kick ..."

3. The Young Folk's Cyclopædia of Games and Sports by John Denison Champlin, Arthur Elmore Bostwick (1890)
"(a) A Drop-Kick is made by letting the ball drop from the hands and kicking ... (e) A Kick-Out is a drop-kick, place-kick, or punt made by a player of the ..."

4. Walter Camp's Book of College Sports by Walter Camp (1900)
"There are three distinct styles of drop-kicking, and all of them good: first, the drop-kick, using but one hand to hold and drop the ball, the point being ..."

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