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PLACE-KICKING
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(sports) a kick in which the ball is placed on the ground before kicking
Synonyms:
place-kicking; place kick
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("place-kicking" 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-kicking"):
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)
Derivation:
place-kick (score (a goal) by making a place kick)
place-kick (kick (a ball) from a stationary position, in football)
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