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DROPKICK
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I. (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)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Drop and kick (a ball) as it touches the ground, as for a field goal
Synonyms:
drop-kick; dropkick
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
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)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Make the point after a touchdown with a dropkick
Synonyms:
drop-kick; dropkick
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
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)
