dropkick

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in rugby or American football, a kick in which the ball is dropped to the ground before being kicked, or points scored by kicking the ball in this way between the goal posts:

He cut the advantage to two with a drop kick in the 33rd minute.

in wrestling (= a sport in which two people fight and try to throw each other to the ground) and some other fighting sports, a move in which a wrestler jumps in the air and kicks their opponent with the bottom part of both feet:

He disabled him with a running dropkick.

His signature move was the drop kick, in which the wrestler jumps up and boots his opponent with the soles of his feet.

in rugby or American football, to drop the ball to the ground before kicking it, or to score points by kicking the ball in this way between the goal posts:

Ellis drop kicked the conversion.

He drop-kicked his way into the crowd's affections.

Teams can score a four-point play if a field goal is dropkicked.

in wrestling and some other fighting sports, to jump in the air and kick your opponent with the bottom part of both feet:

He then drop-kicked him to the floor.

Mixed martial arts involves clinching, pinning, punching, chopping and drop-kicking.