DROPKICKER

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

A football kicker who drops the ball and kicks it just as it reaches the ground

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("dropkicker" is a kind of...):

kicker (a player who kicks the football)

Derivation:

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