drop-kick Rugby Football.
[f. drop- + kick n.]
(See quot. 1896.) So drop-kicking vbl. n.
| 1857 Hughes Tom Brown i. v, Vigorous efforts to accomplish a drop-kick. 1880 [see dribble v. 4]. 1882 Field 28 Jan., The drop out was well returned, and some good drop-kicking took place. 1896 Laws of Football 2 A Drop-kick is made by letting the ball fall from the hands, and kicking it the very instant it rises. |