placekicker
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- noun
- /ˈpleɪsˌkɪkər/
- US
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pateador
- Rookie placekicker Justin Tucker booted a 27-yard field goal as time expired, and the Ravens edged New England 31-30, dropping the Pats to a 1-2 start on the season.
- placekickers and punters
- former placekicker
- team's star placekicker
Examples
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In the Patriots' first loss to the Arizona Cardinals, middle linebacker Brandon Spikes made a huge play to force a fumble and set up a potential game-winning field goal, but placekicker Stephen Gostkowski missed wide left from 42 yards out.
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Michigan's placekicker, Brendan Gibbons, has been fantastic this year.
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The former Buffalo Bill placekicker is a famous figure in football history for two reasons.
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Nick Novak is the placekicker for the Chargers.
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As a placekicker, Murray has scored 86 points to lead the Rams.
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Samford's career scoring leader is their placekicker Cameron Yaw.
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Penn State placekicker Sam Ficken must already be nostalgic for the era during which players' names were not written on the back of their jerseys.
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Prolago hit another big field goal in this one, but we're still running our offense around our kicking game, which is not a good thing and won't change until we get at least an average placekicker in Lawrence.
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It was windy and rainy, the field slippery, from 42 yards out, in double overtime with the game on the line... pretty much as pressure-packed as it gets for a placekicker.
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The placekicker successfully scored a field goal from 45 yards during the game.
Synonyms
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A player who mainly kicks the ball in games like American football or soccer
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Placekicker is made from two simple words, place ('a spot') and kick ('to hit with the foot'). So a placekicker is literally someone who 'kicks from a spot' — the player who kicks the ball while it sits still, usually to score a field goal or extra point.