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GOAL-KICK
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Dictionary entry overview: What does goal-kick mean?
• GOAL-KICK (noun)
The noun GOAL-KICK has 2 senses:
1. (rugby) an attempt to kick a goal
2. (association football) a kick by the defending side after the attacking side sends the ball over the goal-line
Familiarity information: GOAL-KICK used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
(rugby) an attempt to kick a goal
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("goal-kick" is a kind of...):
boot; kick; kicking (the act of delivering a blow with the foot)
Domain category:
rugby; rugby football; rugger (a form of football played with an oval ball)
Sense 2
Meaning:
(association football) a kick by the defending side after the attacking side sends the ball over the goal-line
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("goal-kick" is a kind of...):
boot; kick; kicking (the act of delivering a blow with the foot)
Domain category:
association football; soccer (a football game in which two teams of 11 players try to kick or head a ball into the opponents' goal)
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