drop kick

See also: dropkick and drop-kick

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Noun

drop kick (plural drop kicks)

1. (rugby, Australian rules football, American football, Canadian football) A kick made by dropping the ball on the ground and kicking it as it bounces up.
2. (Australia, slang, derogatory) An insignificant, contemptible or unfashionable person; a loser; used as a general insult.
   • 1989, Morris Gleitzman, Two Weeks with the Queen, published 2010, page 28:

     ‘I asked you to look after her for me, you drop-kick, not poison her.’

   • 2002, Andy Griffiths, Just Disgusting!‎^[1], page 102:

     ‘Of course not, you drop kick,’ says Jen. “Ectoplasmic” means “like a ghost”. An ectoplasmic elephant would be invisible. So how could you see one anyway?’

   • 2003, David Metzenthen, Boys of Blood & Bone, unnumbered page:

     ‘ […] I′m its godfather. Darce, too, although he doesn′t know it yet, but he will when he gets back, the bludger. Geez, I hope the kid has your brown eyes, Lanse.’
     Andy snorted a laugh. ‘Yeah, you drop-kick. Still, it′s probably gunna need all the friends it can get. So you′re on. Don′t be stingy with the presents.’

Alternative forms

• drop-kick

Coordinate terms

• drop punt
• punt
• field goal or field-goal (North American rules football)

Translations

drop kick in rugby

• Catalan: xut de sobrebot (ca) m
• French: drop (fr)
• Italian: drop (it) m, drop goal
• Welsh: cic adlam m

Verb

drop kick (third-person singular simple present drop kicks, present participle drop kicking, simple past and past participle drop kicked)

1. Alternative spelling of drop-kick