Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun an act of kicking a football (as for a field goal) in which the football is dropped and kicked as it touches the ground.
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- noun soccer kicking where the football is dropped and kicked as it touches the ground.
- verb to score via a dropkick
- verb to make a dropkick
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb drop and kick (a ball) as it touches the ground, as for a field goal
- noun (football) kicking (as for a field goal) in which the football is dropped and kicked as it touches the ground
- verb make the point after a touchdown with a dropkick
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Examples
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It would be a dream come true to see a YahooAuctions-style company appear and give ebay a good dropkick.
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I was a friend of Friedan, and upon her behalf, I experienced a strong desire to dropkick Staal through the nearest picture window.
Stephanie Staal's 'Reading Women': Looking to feminist texts to find herself 2011
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Tyson proceeds to dropkick his legs out from under him and then takes over control of the match and works a true heel style little match.
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This is what will dropkick publishers and educators even faster than they are now going into the world of electronic textbooks.
Think Progress » Texas Board of Education cuts Thomas Jefferson out of its textbooks. 2010
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I was a friend of Friedan, and upon her behalf, I experienced a strong desire to dropkick Staal through the nearest picture window.
Stephanie Staal's 'Reading Women': Looking to feminist texts to find herself 2011
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Some of the default XP icons make me want to dropkick one-legged prostitutes.
My Drive Icon Adds Custom Icons To My Computer | Lifehacker Australia 2009
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A United player was able to intimidate the Union goalie into messing up his dropkick badly enough to get scored upon, tying up the game.
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Lionsgate and FOX suck so much, it makes me want to dropkick some poodles.
Lionsgate Wins Buried Bidding War, Fox To Distribute Machete | /Film 2010
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A United player was able to intimidate the Union goalie into messing up his dropkick badly enough to get scored upon, tying up the game.
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In paying homage to an obsolete form of movie culture, Grindhouse delivers a dropkick to ours.
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