DROP-KICK

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

I. (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

drop-kick; dropkick

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "drop-kick" 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

Derivation:

dropkicker (a football kicker who drops the ball and kicks it just as it reaches the ground)

Sense 2