English

Noun

drop kick ‎(plural drop kicks)

1. (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.
2. (Australia, New Zealand, 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.’

   • 2002, Andy Griffiths, Just Disgusting!, page 102,

     ‘Of course not, you drop kick,’ says Jen. “Ectoplasmic” means “like a ghost”. An ectoplasmic elephant would be invisible. So how could you see one anyway?’

   • 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.’

Alternative forms

• drop-kick

Coordinate terms

• drop punt
• punt
• field goal or field-goal (North American rules football)

Translations

Verb

drop kick ‎(third-person singular simple present drop kicks, present participle drop kicking, simple past and past participle drop kicked)

1. Alternative spelling of drop-kick