drop kick

US: (drop′kik′)

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026

drop′ kick′, [Football.]

1. Sport a kick made by dropping a football to the ground and kicking it as it starts to bounce up. Cf. place kick, punt¹ (def. 1).

• 1835–45

drop-kick  (drop′kik′), [Football.]
v.t. 

1. to score (a field goal or point after touchdown) by a drop kick.
2. to kick (the ball as dropped for a drop kick).

v.i. 

3. to make a drop kick.

• 1870–75

drop′-kick′er, n. 

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drop kick noun

1. a kick in certain sports such as rugby, in which the ball is dropped and kicked as it bounces from the ground
   Compare punt2, place kick
2. an attacking manoeuvre, illegal in amateur wrestling, in which a wrestler leaps in the air and kicks an opponent in the face or body with both feet
3. a stupid or worthless person

verb drop-kick

1. to kick (a ball, etc) using a drop kick