goal-kick

1. 1.

   (rugby) an attempt to kick a goal

   Broaderkick

   rugby

2. 2.

   (association football) a kick by the defending side after the attacking side sends the ball over the goal-line

   Broaderkick

   soccer

Questions about goal-kick

What does goal-kick mean?

goal-kick means "(rugby) an attempt to kick a goal". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in goal-kick?

goal-kick has 3 syllables: go-al--kick. The stress falls on "go".

Is goal-kick a common word?

goal-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.