DROPKICK
Dictionary entry overview: What does dropkick mean?
• DROPKICK (noun)
The noun DROPKICK has 1 sense:
1. (football) kicking (as for a field goal) in which the football is dropped and kicked as it touches the ground
Familiarity information: DROPKICK used as a noun is very rare.
• DROPKICK (verb)
The verb DROPKICK has 2 senses:
1. make the point after a touchdown with a dropkick
2. drop and kick (a ball) as it touches the ground, as for a field goal
Familiarity information: DROPKICK used as a verb is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• DROPKICK (noun)
Meaning:
(football) kicking (as for a field goal) in which the football is dropped and kicked as it touches the ground
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("dropkick" is a kind of...):
boot; kick; kicking (the act of delivering a blow with the foot)
Domain category:
football; football game (any of various games played with a ball (round or oval) in which two teams try to kick or carry or propel the ball into each other's goal)
• DROPKICK (verb)
Meaning:
Make the point after a touchdown with a dropkick
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
drop-kick; dropkick
Hypernyms (to "dropkick" is one way to...):
kick (drive or propel with the foot)
Domain category:
football; football game (any of various games played with a ball (round or oval) in which two teams try to kick or carry or propel the ball into each other's goal)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Drop and kick (a ball) as it touches the ground, as for a field goal
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
drop-kick; dropkick
Hypernyms (to "dropkick" is one way to...):
kick (drive or propel with the foot)
Domain category:
football; football game (any of various games played with a ball (round or oval) in which two teams try to kick or carry or propel the ball into each other's goal)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
