drop kick
Noun
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Noun
drop kick (plural drop kicks)
- (rugby, Australian rules football, American football, Canadian football) A kick made by dropping the ball on the ground and kicking it as it bounces up.
- (Australia, NZ, slang, derogatory) An insignificant, contemptible or unfashionable person; a loser; used as a general insult.
- 1989, Morris Gleitzman, Two Weeks With The Queen, 2010, page 28 ↗,
- ‘I asked you to look after her for me, you drop-kick, not poison her.’
- 2003, David Metzenthen, Boys of Blood & Bone, unnumbered page ↗,
- ‘ […] I′m its godfather. Darce, too, although he doesn′t know it yet, but he will when he gets back, the bludger. Geez, I hope the kid has your brown eyes, Lanse.’
- Andy snorted a laugh. ‘Yeah, you drop-kick. Still, it′s probably gunna need all the friends it can get. So you′re on. Don′t be stingy with the presents.’
- 1989, Morris Gleitzman, Two Weeks With The Queen, 2010, page 28 ↗,
- French: drop
- Italian: drop, drop goal
drop kick (drop kicks, present participle drop kicking; past and past participle drop kicked)
- Alternative spelling of drop-kick
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