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dropkicker

dropkicker

8.8
A football player who drops the ball and kicks it as it touches the ground
  • noun
  • /ˈdrɒpˌkɪkər/
translation icon : dropkicker
  • In the championship game, the dropkicker successfully kicked the ball just as it hit the ground.

Examples

  • Most modern football teams no longer use a dedicated dropkicker in their lineup.

  • The team relied on their skilled dropkicker to score points from difficult angles.

  • He became famous as a dropkicker during the early years of professional football.

  • The dropkicker scored a crucial point.

  • Many teams rely on a strong dropkicker for their scoring.

  • During his career, the dropkicker set a record for the most points scored in a single season.

  • The coach emphasized the importance of having a reliable dropkicker for making field goals.

Synonyms

kicker
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  • US
36 3.3

A player who mainly kicks the ball in games like American football or soccer

is the specialist who kicks by dropping the ball at ground contact

Surface Forms

dropkicker singular
dropkickers plural

Morphology

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

Agentive noun formed by adding '-er' to 'dropkick'; the meaning is directly predictable from 'drop' + 'kick' and the productive suffix '-er'.

Etymology

Dropkicker is made from the simple words drop and kick: it names a player who 'drops' the ball and then 'kicks' it just as it touches the ground. Think of the ball falling and the player kicking at the last moment — that action is exactly what a dropkicker does on the field.