Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun dropkick

1 sense of dropkick

Sense 1
dropkick -- ((football) kicking (as for a field goal) in which the football is dropped and kicked as it touches the ground)
       => kick, boot, kicking -- (the act of delivering a blow with the foot; "he gave the ball a powerful kick"; "the team's kicking was excellent")

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb dropkick

2 senses of dropkick

Sense 1
dropkick, drop-kick -- (make the point after a touchdown with a dropkick)
       => kick -- (drive or propel with the foot)

Sense 2
drop-kick, dropkick -- (drop and kick (a ball) as it touches the ground, as for a field goal)
       => kick -- (drive or propel with the foot)

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