to drop-kick
2
6.0
- verb
- /ˈdrɒpˌkɪk/
:
patada de drop
- During the cricket game, he surprised everyone with a sudden drop-kick that went straight towards the boundary.
- drop-kick the ball
Examples
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He drop-kicks it like a goddamn field goal right through a doorway and runs on.
Fiction book (1991) -
When the boy began to kick his shins, my father would drop-kick the ball into a far corner of the field.
Fiction book (1994) -
He made the drop kick but was told he had run out of time.
Blog text (22) -
Bryan sets up for the running drop kick, but Sin Cara is able to move out of the way.
Blog text (19) -
A drop kick knocks Sheamus out of the ring.
Blog text (19) -
Sandow with an Irish whip, but Kofi floats over and hits a drop kick for a near fall.
Blog text (28) -
Sandow delivered a kick to the chest, but Kofi responded with Steamboat-esque chops and a drop kick.
Blog text (28) -
Kaitlyn drop kicks Alicia into Eve, and Eve gets knocked off the apron, and Kaitlyn hits an inverted DDT for the three count.
Blog text (28) -
In spite of this shift of emphasis away from kicking, up through the 1930s, the drop-kicking prowess of players like Jim Thorpe or Pat O'Dea was formidable and famous.
Academic text (1994) -
The player executed a perfect drop-kick to score a goal during the match.
Synonyms
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1.0
Hit something with the foot, for example a ball in a sport
1
6.5
To drop the ball and hit it with your foot as it bounces in rugby or football
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Drop-kick comes from the simple words drop ('let fall') and kick ('hit with the foot'). So, a drop-kick is the move where you let the ball fall and then kick it as it touches the ground, which explains its use in football and rugby.