Definitions for dropkick
drop·kick

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. dropkickverb

   (football) kicking (as for a field goal) in which the football is dropped and kicked as it touches the ground

2. dropkick, drop-kickverb

   make the point after a touchdown with a dropkick

3. drop-kick, dropkickverb

   drop and kick (a ball) as it touches the ground, as for a field goal

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1. dropkicknoun

   kicking where the football is dropped and kicked as it touches the ground.

2. dropkickverb

   to score via a dropkick

3. dropkickverb

   to make a dropkick

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1. Dropkick

   A dropkick is an attacking maneuver in professional wrestling. It is defined as an attack where the wrestler jumps up and kicks the opponent with the soles of both feet; this sees the wrestler twist as they jump so that when the feet connect with the opponent one foot is raised higher than the other (depending on which way they twist) and the wrestler falls back to the mat on their side, or front. This is commonly employed by light and nimble wrestlers who can take advantage of their agility, and is often executed on a charging opponent, while charging at an opponent, or a combination of the two. The most basic form of a dropkick, but potentially the hardest to pull off, is a standing dropkick first used by "Jumping Joe" Savoldi where the wrestler catches a standing or running opponent with a standard dropkick from a standing position. In order to be pulled off effectively, it requires great leg strength in order to gain elevation. Savoldi, a former All-American running back for Knute Rockne at Notre Dame, used his association with football to identify the move as the "drop-kick" and the press also called it a "flying dropkick".The dropkick in its current form was thought to perhaps originated by "Jumping Joe" Savoldi, although wrestler Abe Coleman, known as "Hebrew Hercules" and "Jewish Cougars", can also be seen in early video using a feet-first dive at an opponent's waist. Coleman, listed at 5'2" in height, called the move a "Kangaroo Kick" and claimed the move was inspired by kangaroos he saw on a tour of Australia in 1930. When Savoldi performed the "drop" kick in 1933, the press simply said it was another name for Coleman's existing "kangaroo" kick specialty.

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1. dropkick

   A dropkick is a type of kick in various codes of football, which involves a player dropping the ball and then kicking it after it bounces off the ground. It is most commonly used in rugby and American football. In professional wrestling, a dropkick is an attacking maneuver where a wrestler jumps up and kicks the opponent with both feet, then falls back to the ground.

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1. Dropkick

   A dropkick is an attacking maneuver in professional wrestling. It is defined as an attack where the wrestler jumps up and kicks the opponent with the soles of both feet; this sees the wrestler twist as he or she jumps so that when the feet connect with the opponent one foot is raised higher than the other and the wrestler falls back to the mat on his or her side, or front. This is commonly employed by light and nimble wrestlers who can take advantage of their agility, and is often executed on a charging opponent, or while charging at an opponent. The most basic form of a dropkick, but potentially the hardest to pull off, is a standing dropkick where the wrestler catches a standing or running opponent with a standard dropkick from a standing position. In order to be pulled off effectively, it requires great leg strength in order to gain elevation. The dropkick was invented by wrestler Abe Coleman, known as "Hebrew Hercules" and "Jewish Tarzan". He claimed the move was inspired by kangaroos he saw on a tour of Australia in 1930.

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1. • Football
   • Kick

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of dropkick in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of dropkick in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=dropkick
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Dropkick
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dropkick
4. ^ ChatGPT
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5. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=dropkick
6. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=dropkick