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to dropkick

to dropkick

1 6.5
To drop the ball and hit it with your foot as it bounces in rugby or football
  • verb
  • /ˈdrɒpkɪk/
translation icon : hacer un dropkick
  • You throw one more rock, and I swear I'll dropkick that little rat dog of yours right over the roof.

Examples

  • I've been shot at, dropkicked, almost blown up.

  • I dropkicked from 50 yards out.

  • Can I tell her to knock it off before I dropkick her, or do I have to suck it up?

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  • If you threaten my chef again, I will dropkick you out of the fucking door.

  • I'm gonna slip out of these chains and dropkick him, him and him right in the throat.

  • Dropkicked him.

  • Kaitlyn dropkicks Alicia into Eve, and she follows up with a reverse DDT for the win.

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  • I think Miz worked the disbelief-into-respect angle nicely, but Kofi was a bit heelish (and his leg was in pretty good standing) in dropkicking him.

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  • He expertly dropkicked the ball during the match, sending it soaring over the goalposts.

  • During practice, she dropkicked the ball with perfect technique, impressing her teammates.

Synonyms

to kick
vsto dropkick
1.0

Hit something with the foot, for example a ball in a sport

refers specifically to striking a ball just as it touches the ground
to drop-kick
vsto dropkick
2 6.0

To kick a ball after dropping it so it hits the ground first

has identical meaning but is written without a hyphen

Antonyms

1.0

To carry or support something with your hands

Surface Forms

dropkick infinitive
dropkicked past
dropkicked past participle
dropkicking present participle
dropkicks third person singular

Morphology

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

The meaning is directly compositional: the ball is dropped and then kicked as it reaches the ground.

Etymology

Dropkick combines drop ('let fall') and kick ('hit with the foot'), so to dropkick is to drop the ball and kick it as it touches the ground.