drop kick
noun
a kick made by dropping a football to the ground and kicking it as it starts to bounce up.
drop-kicker
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a word derived from
drop-kick.
Example Sentences
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Princeton's handicap when Cochran had to go out was increased by the withdrawal because of injuries of Johnny Baird, the quarterback, that wonderful drop-kicker of previous games.
From Football Days Memories of the Game and of the Men behind the Ball by William Hanford Edwards
Then the Morgan's drop-kicker moved back to the twenty-yard line and well to the left of centre, and centre stood sidewise as though to make an oblique pass.
From Left Tackle Thayer by Ralph Henry Barbour
Hicks is a drop-kicker, Butch, and a sure one—inside the thirty-yard line.
From T. Haviland Hicks Senior by J. Raymond Elderdice
Jack was a famous punter and also a gilt-edged drop-kicker.
From The Boys of Columbia High on the Gridiron : or, the Struggle for the Silver Cup by Graham B Forbes
I had some recollection of a fellow named O'Day, who had a great reputation as a drop-kicker, as did Hudson of Carlisle.
From Football Days Memories of the Game and of the Men behind the Ball by William Hanford Edwards
