DROPKICKER

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A football kicker who drops the ball and kicks it just as it reaches the ground

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("dropkicker" is a kind of...):

kicker (a player who kicks the football)

Derivation:

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

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