kickout

Noun

kickout (plural kickouts)

1. A rapid turn performed by shifting one's weight to the rear of the surfboard.
2. A pass to another offensive player who immediately shoots for the basket.
   • On his first return scoring, against the Oilers, J.T. said, “I saw a hole on the right side, got a good kickout block and shot through.”1979, The Sporting News - Volume 188, page 64
   • In the short roll, playing 4-on-5 like a smaller Draymond, his job is simple: Read the defense and make the right play. Most of the time, it is either a lob, a floater or a kickout for a corner 3.2021 May 16, James Herbert, “Power guard? Point center? The NBA's positional misfits are dismantling an antiquated system”, in CBS Sports
3. A kick made by the goalkeeper from the goal area.
   • This is the style of kick made by goal keepers in soccer in a kickout and by players in the Rugby type of game in the kick-off .1917, Wilbur Pardon Bowen, Applied anatomy and kinesiology, the mechanism of muscular movement, page 292
4. A drop kick by a player on the side to return the ball back into play.
   • In the great Michigan game of 1903, it was he who got the ball on the kickout.1906, Graff F. Wolfe, The Story of Wall Ka-Zoo, page 112
   • Jones caught the kickout on the fifteen-yard line and Hudson kicked goal.1906, The United States Army and Navy Journal and Gazette, page 276
5. (water polo) A penalty for holding or sinking the driver
   • Juliet Lawrence led the Crushers in Monday's neck-and-neck loss with 3 goals and had 3 steals and a caused kickout.2021 April 27, Andy Wilcox, “Napa Valley Prep Report: Vintage girls water polo downs Dixon in season opener, 15-3”, in Napa Valley Register
   • Strohson tallied a goal, two steals and two exclusions earned. Chimilar finished with an assist, three steals and a kickout drawn.2021 March 9, “Four Explorers Named To MAWPC Championship All-Tournament Team”, in La Salle University Athletics
6. (pinball) A hole in the playfield that briefly captures the ball and then ejects it.
   • We're supposed to be testing them, probing for valuable information, learning that this particular kickout always feeds the ball to the left flipper, that tilt bob is set tight, and this game is sloped so steeply that the right ramp is hard to hit.2017, Adam Ruben, Pinball Wizards