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dropkick

dropkick is the alternative form of drop kick.

Meaning of drop kick

Noun

drop kick (plural drop kicks)

  1. (Canadian, Australian rules football) A kick made by dropping the ball on the ground and kicking it as it bounces up.
    • Yes, we lifted the World Cup in 2003 (I can still effortlessly visualise Jonny's drop kick), but the Boks have won four, the Kiwis three and the Aussies two. Our women, thank God, are so much better.2026 March 14, Robert Taylor, “It's Finally Time to Admit that the English Are Rubbish at Sport”, in The Telegraph
  2. (Australia, derogatory, slang) An insignificant, contemptible or unfashionable person; a loser; used as a general insult.
    • ‘I asked you to look after her for me, you drop-kick, not poison her.’1989, Morris Gleitzman, Two Weeks with the Queen, published 2010, page 28
  3. A kick to the opponent made by leaping into the air and kicking with both feet before dropping to the ground.
    • AND ON JOE'S DROP KICK THEY DROP - !1933 April 22 Jumping Joe Savoldi publicity article

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Forms of dropkick

Noun
pluraldropkicks
Verb
third-person singular presentdropkicks
present participledropkicking
past participledropkicked
pastdropkicked

Questions about dropkick

What is dropkick the alternative form of?
Dropkick is the alternative form of drop kick.

Words near dropkick in the dictionary

  1. drophead coupés
  2. dropheads
  3. drophole
  4. dropholes
  5. dropitis
  6. dropkick
  7. dropkicked
  8. dropkicker
  9. dropkickers
  10. dropkicking
  11. dropkicks

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