dropkick

A noun referring to a type of kick in football where the ball is dropped and kicked as it touches the ground, often used for field goals or restarts.

• 🇫🇷Nom désignant un type de coup de pied au football (soccer) ou au rugby, où le ballon est lâché puis frappé au moment où il touche le sol, souvent utilisé pour les coups de pied de volée ou pour reprendre le jeu.

1. Football kick B2 formal sport

   A type of kick in football where the ball is dropped and kicked as it touches the ground, often used for field goals or kickoffs.

   • The kicker executed a perfect dropkick to score the winning field goal.
   • Dropkicks are less common in modern football due to rule changes.
   • He practiced the dropkick technique for hours to improve his accuracy.

   🇫🇷coup de pied tombé

• dropkicks plural form
• dropkicks' possessive plural form
• dropkick's possessive singular form

A verb meaning to kick a ball (especially in rugby or Australian rules football) by dropping it and kicking it as it bounces off the ground.

• 🇫🇷Verbe signifiant frapper le ballon (surtout au rugby ou en football australien) en le lâchant et en le frappant du pied au moment où il rebondit sur le sol.

1. Score a point after a touchdown C1 formal american sport

   To make the point after a touchdown by performing a dropkick.

   • The kicker successfully dropkicked the ball for an extra point.
   • He practiced dropkicking to improve his scoring accuracy.
   • The team relied on a dropkick to secure the win.

   🇫🇷transformer par un drop

2. Kick a ball as it touches the ground C1 formal american sport

   To drop and kick a ball just as it touches the ground, typically for a field goal.

   • The player dropkicked the ball from midfield.
   • She learned to dropkick the ball during training.
   • The crowd cheered as he dropkicked the ball through the goalposts.

   🇫🇷dropkick (au rugby à XV)

• dropkicked past participle
• dropkicked past simple
• dropkicking present participle
• dropkicks third person singular