place-kick

1. 1.

   kick (a ball) from a stationary position, in football

   Broaderkick
2. 2.

   score (a goal) by making a place kick

   Broaderkick

   football

Questions about place-kick

What does place-kick mean?

place-kick means "kick (a ball) from a stationary position, in football". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in place-kick?

place-kick has 3 syllables: pla-ce--kick. The stress falls on "pla".

Is place-kick a common word?

place-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.