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    DROPKICK

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

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

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting acts or actions

    Hypernyms ("dropkick" is a kind of...):

    boot; kick; kicking (the act of delivering a blow with the foot)

    Domain category:

    football; football game (any of various games played with a ball (round or oval) in which two teams try to kick or carry or propel the ball into each other's goal)

    Derivation:

    dropkick (make the point after a touchdown with a dropkick)

     II. (verb) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Drop and kick (a ball) as it touches the ground, as for a field goalplay

    Synonyms:

    drop-kick; dropkick

    Classified under:

    Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

    Hypernyms (to "dropkick" is one way to...):

    kick (drive or propel with the foot)

    Domain category:

    football; football game (any of various games played with a ball (round or oval) in which two teams try to kick or carry or propel the ball into each other's goal)

    Sentence frame:

    Somebody ----s something

    Derivation:

    dropkicker (a football kicker who drops the ball and kicks it just as it reaches the ground)

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

    Make the point after a touchdown with a dropkickplay

    Synonyms:

    drop-kick; dropkick

    Classified under:

    Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

    Hypernyms (to "dropkick" is one way to...):

    kick (drive or propel with the foot)

    Domain category:

    football; football game (any of various games played with a ball (round or oval) in which two teams try to kick or carry or propel the ball into each other's goal)

    Sentence frame:

    Somebody ----s something

    Derivation:

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

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