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PLACE-KICK
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Score (a goal) by making a place kick
Classified under:
Verbs of fighting, athletic activities
Hypernyms (to "place-kick" is one way to...):
kick (make a goal)
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:
place-kicking ((sports) a kick in which the ball is placed on the ground before kicking)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Kick (a ball) from a stationary position, in football
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "place-kick" is one way to...):
kick (drive or propel with the foot)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
place-kicker ((football) a kicker who makes a place kick for a goal)
place-kicking ((sports) a kick in which the ball is placed on the ground before kicking)
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