FREE KICK

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

(soccer) a place kick that is allowed for a foul or infringement by the other team

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("free kick" is a kind of...):

place-kicking; place kick ((sports) a kick in which the ball is placed on the ground before kicking)

Domain category:

association football; soccer (a football game in which two teams of 11 players try to kick or head a ball into the opponents' goal)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "free kick"):

corner kick (a free kick from the corner awarded to the other side when a player has sent the ball behind his own goal line)

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