PLACE-KICK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does place-kick mean? 

• PLACE-KICK (verb)
  The verb PLACE-KICK has 2 senses:

1. kick (a ball) from a stationary position, in football

2. score (a goal) by making a place kick

  Familiarity information: PLACE-KICK used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PLACE-KICK (verb)

Sense 1

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)

Sense 2

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)

 Context examples 

He’s a fine place-kick, it’s true, but then he has no judgment, and he can’t sprint for nuts.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)