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🏉 A kicked ball 🏉 To kick after dropping
dropkick

dropkick

2 6.9
A kick in rugby or football when you drop the ball and kick it as it bounces
  • noun
  • /ˈdrɒpˌkɪk/
translation icon : dropkick
  • The player surprised everyone with a swift dropkick that caught the defender off guard.
  • hits a dropkick
  • a low dropkick

Examples

  • Young hits a dropkick for 2.

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  • Bryan delivered a running dropkick in the corner on Ziggler.

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  • Dropkick by Kofi in the corner, then a cover that got two.

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  • Kingston comes back with some slaps to the chest and a dropkick.

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  • Ziggler delivered a dropkick that sent Ryback into the corner.

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  • Primo with a dropkick for a nearfall.

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  • The two counter some more offense before Ziggler starches Bryan with a dropkick.

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  • Punk hits a dropkick on a running Sheamus that earns him a nearfall.

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  • McGillicutty is working the power offense and pushes Kofi into the ropes, landing a dropkick.

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  • During the match, the wrestler executed a perfect dropkick that sent his opponent flying across the ring.

Surface Forms

dropkick singular
dropkicks plural

Morphology

dropkick = drop + kick (transparent) = drop + kick

Meaning is directly compositional from 'drop' + 'kick' and a B1 learner who knows those words can infer the sense.

Etymology

Dropkick comes from joining the simple words drop ('let fall') and kick ('hit with the foot'). It names the kick made when a player drops the ball and then kicks it as it touches the ground, which is why the word matches the action.