Definition of Dropkick

1. Noun. (football) kicking (as for a field goal) in which the football is dropped and kicked as it touches the ground.

Generic synonyms: Boot, Kick, Kicking
Category relationships: Football, Football Game

2. Verb. Make the point after a touchdown with a dropkick.
Exact synonyms: Drop-kick
Category relationships: Football, Football Game
Generic synonyms: Kick

3. Verb. Drop and kick (a ball) as it touches the ground, as for a field goal.
Exact synonyms: Drop-kick
Category relationships: Football, Football Game
Generic synonyms: Kick
Derivative terms: Dropkicker, Dropkicker

Definition of Dropkick

1. Noun. (football) kicking where the football is dropped and kicked as it touches the ground. ¹

2. Verb. to score via a dropkick ¹

3. Verb. to make a dropkick ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Dropkick

1. a type of kick in football [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Dropkick

dropdown list
dropdowns
droperidol
dropfile
dropfiles
dropflies
dropfly
dropforge
dropforged
dropforges
dropforging
drophead
drophead coupé
drophead coupés
dropheads
dropkick (current term)
dropkicked
dropkicker
dropkickers
dropkicking
dropkicks
dropless
droplet
droplet infection
droplet nuclei
droplets
droplight
droplights
droplike
dropline

Literary usage of Dropkick

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

1. Mentally Incontinent by Joe Peacock (2005)
"... hitting the mat after a devastating dropkick that missed by at least two feet. And in this case, being a man meant selling Rainbow vacuum cleaners. ..."

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