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Definition of Goal-kick

1. Noun. (rugby) an attempt to kick a goal.

2. Noun. (association football) a kick by the defending side after the attacking side sends the ball over the goal-line.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Goal-kick

goa powder goad goad stick goaded goading goadlike goads goadsman goadsmen goadster

goadsters goaf goafs goal goal-directed goal-kick (current term) goal-line goal area goal areas goal attack

goal cage goal celebration goal defence goal difference goal differences goal judge goal keeper goal kick goal line goal lines

Literary usage of Goal-kick

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

1. St. Mary's Hospital Gazette by St. Mary's Hospital (London, England) (1901)
"From the goal-kick Holmesdale pressed, and scored with a fine cross-shot. ... From the goal- kick they ran down and scored. Mary's then ran down, ..."

2. The Encyclopaedia of Sport by Henry Charles Howard Suffolk, Hedley Peek, Frederick George Aflalo (1897)
"goal-kick—( R.) The attempt to kick a goal from a try. Goal-line—The line which runs from corner to corner of the ground under the cross-bar ..."

3. The Young Folk's Cyclopædia of Games and Sports by John Denison Champlin, Arthur Elmore Bostwick (1890)
"... or while the ball is being brought out for a try-at-goal, kick- out, or kick-off, or when play is for any reason suspended by the Referee or Umpire. ..."

4. The Sports and Pastimes of American Boys: A Guide and Text-book of Games of by Henry Chadwick (1884)
"In the second half it is made by the side losing the goal. KICK OUT. A " kick out" is made whenever the ball is kicked out from any part of the field within ..."

5. American Physical Education Review by American Physical Education Association (1920)
"GOAL KICK BALL FOR GRADE BOYS. Twenty to forty players. Playground or gymnasium. Soccer ball. The Ground. The ground may be variable in dimensions ..."

6. Spalding's Official Foot Ball Guide: Foot Ball Rules as Recommended by the by Walter Camp (1915)
"... 307 Player of side which bas made, shall Position of opponents in try-at-goal hold ball for goal kick 11, 112 after 11, US Side which has made, ..."

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