drop-kick

1. 1.

   make the point after a touchdown with a dropkick

   Synonymsdropkick

   Broaderkick

   football

2. 2.

   drop and kick (a ball) as it touches the ground, as for a field goal

   Synonymsdropkick

   Broaderkick

   football

Questions about drop-kick

What does drop-kick mean?

drop-kick means "make the point after a touchdown with a dropkick". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in drop-kick?

drop-kick has 2 syllables: drop--kick. The stress falls on "kick".

What is another word for drop-kick?

Close synonyms include dropkick, dropkick. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is drop-kick a common word?

drop-kick is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.