PLACE KICK
Dictionary entry overview: What does place kick mean?
• PLACE KICK (noun)
The noun PLACE KICK has 1 sense:
1. (sports) a kick in which the ball is placed on the ground before kicking
Familiarity information: PLACE KICK used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• PLACE KICK (noun)
Meaning:
(sports) a kick in which the ball is placed on the ground before kicking
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
place kick; place-kicking
Hypernyms ("place kick" 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)
association football; soccer (a football game in which two teams of 11 players try to kick or head a ball into the opponents' goal)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "place kick"):
free kick ((soccer) a place kick that is allowed for a foul or infringement by the other team)
kickoff ((football) a kick from the center of the field to start a football game or to resume it after a score)
