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dropkick

I

noun

(football) kicking (as for a field goal) in which the football is dropped and kicked as it touches the ground

• Topics: ↑football, ↑football game

• Hypernyms: ↑kick, ↑boot, ↑kicking

II

verb

1. make the point after a touchdown with a dropkick

• Syn: ↑drop-kick

• Topics: ↑football, ↑football game

• Hypernyms: ↑kick

• Verb Frames:

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Somebody ——s something

2. drop and kick (a ball) as it touches the ground, as for a field goal

• Syn: ↑drop-kick

• Derivationally related forms: ↑dropkicker, ↑dropkicker (for: ↑drop-kick)

• Topics: ↑football, ↑football game

• Hypernyms: ↑kick

• Verb Frames:

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Somebody ——s something

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\\ˈ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷\ noun

1. : a kick made by dropping a football to the ground and kicking it at the moment it starts to rebound

2. : an attempt to floor a wrestling opponent by diving at him feetfirst

Useful english dictionary. 2012.