DROPKICK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does dropkick mean? 

• DROPKICK (noun)
  The noun DROPKICK has 1 sense:

1. (football) kicking (as for a field goal) in which the football is dropped and kicked as it touches the ground

  Familiarity information: DROPKICK used as a noun is very rare.

• DROPKICK (verb)
  The verb DROPKICK has 2 senses:

1. make the point after a touchdown with a dropkick

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

  Familiarity information: DROPKICK used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DROPKICK (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(football) kicking (as for a field goal) in which the football is dropped and kicked as it touches the ground

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("dropkick" 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)

Derivation:

dropkick (make the point after a touchdown with a dropkick)

• DROPKICK (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Make the point after a touchdown with a dropkick

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

drop-kick; dropkick

Hypernyms (to "dropkick" 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:

dropkick ((football) kicking (as for a field goal) in which the football is dropped and kicked as it touches the ground)

Sense 2

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

drop-kick; dropkick

Hypernyms (to "dropkick" 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)