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DROPKICKER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does dropkicker mean?
• DROPKICKER (noun)
The noun DROPKICKER has 1 sense:
1. a football kicker who drops the ball and kicks it just as it reaches the ground
Familiarity information: DROPKICKER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A football kicker who drops the ball and kicks it just as it reaches the ground
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("dropkicker" is a kind of...):
kicker (a player who kicks the football)
Derivation:
drop-kick (drop and kick (a ball) as it touches the ground, as for a field goal)
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