What is "drop kick"

Drop \Drop\ (dr[o^]p), n. [OE. drope, AS. dropa; akin to OS. dropo, D. drop, OHG. tropo, G. tropfen, Icel. dropi, Sw. droppe; and Fr. AS. dre['o]pan to drip, drop; akin to OS. driopan, D. druipen, OHG. triofan, G. triefen, Icel. drj[=u]pa. Cf. Drip, Droop.]

1. The quantity of fluid which falls in one small spherical mass; a liquid globule; a minim; hence, also, the smallest easily measured portion of a fluid; a small quantity; as, a drop of water.

   With minute drops from off the eaves.
   --Milton.

   As dear to me as are the ruddy drops That visit my sad heart. -- Shak.

   That drop of peace divine.
   --Keble.

2. That which resembles, or that which hangs like, a liquid drop; as a hanging diamond ornament, an earring, a glass pendant on a chandelier, a sugarplum (sometimes medicated), or a kind of shot or slug.

3. (Arch.)

   1. Same as Gutta.

   2. Any small pendent ornament.

4. Whatever is arranged to drop, hang, or fall from an elevated position; also, a contrivance for lowering something; as:

   1. A door or platform opening downward; a trap door; that part of the gallows on which a culprit stands when he is to be hanged; hence, the gallows itself.

   2. A machine for lowering heavy weights, as packages, coal wagons, etc., to a ship's deck.

   3. A contrivance for temporarily lowering a gas jet.

   4. A curtain which drops or falls in front of the stage of a theater, etc.

   5. A drop press or drop hammer.

   6. (Mach.) The distance of the axis of a shaft below the base of a hanger.

5. pl. Any medicine the dose of which is measured by drops; as, lavender drops.

6. (Naut.) The depth of a square sail; -- generally applied to the courses only.
   --Ham. Nav. Encyc.

7. Act of dropping; sudden fall or descent. Ague drop, Black drop. See under Ague, Black. Drop by drop, in small successive quantities; in repeated portions. ``Made to taste drop by drop more than the bitterness of death.'' --Burke. Drop curtain. See Drop, n., 4. (d) . Drop forging. (Mech.)

   1. A forging made in dies by a drop hammer.

   2. The process of making drop forgings.

      Drop hammer (Mech.), a hammer for forging, striking up metal, etc., the weight being raised by a strap or similar device, and then released to drop on the metal resting on an anvil or die.

      Drop kick (Football), a kick given to the ball as it rebounds after having been dropped from the hands.

      Drop lake, a pigment obtained from Brazil wood.
      --Mollett.

      Drop letter, a letter to be delivered from the same office where posted.

      Drop press (Mech.), a drop hammer; sometimes, a dead-stroke hammer; -- also called drop.

      Drop scene, a drop curtain on which a scene is painted. See Drop, n., 4. (d) .

      Drop seed. (Bot.) See the List under Glass.

      Drop serene. (Med.) See Amaurosis.

alt. (alternative spelling of drop-kick English) n. 1 (context Australian rules football rugby American football English) A kick made by dropping the ball on the ground and kicking it as it bounces up. 2 (context Australia NZ slang derogatory English) An insignificant, contemptible or unfashionable person; a loser; ''used as a general insult''. vb. (alternative spelling of drop-kick English)

A drop kick is a type of kick in various codes of football. It involves a player dropping the ball and then kicking it when it bounces off the ground.

Drop kicks are most importantly used as a method of restarting play and scoring points in rugby union and rugby league. Association football goalkeepers also often return the ball to play with drop kicks. The kick was once in wide use in both Australian rules football and gridiron football, but is today rarely seen in either sport.

Drop Kick is an album by saxophonist Steve Coleman and his band Five Elements recorded in 1992 and released on the Novus label.

Drop kick or dropkick may refer to:

• drop kick, in various types of football, dropping the ball and kicking it after it has bounced
• The Drop Kick (also known as Glitter in the UK), 1927 movie about a college football player
• dropkick, in professional wrestling, an attack where the wrestler jumps up and kicks the opponent with the soles of both feet
• Darryl "Dropkick" Daniels, ring name of professional wrestler Violent J
• Dropkick Murphy, sanatorium operator
• Dropkick (Transformers), a Decepticon pickup truck
• Drop Kick (album), 1992 jazz album by Steve Coleman
• Operation Drop Kick, a 1956 U.S. entomological warfare field testing program that deployed Aedes aegypti mosquitoes to carry a biological warfare agent.
• Drop kick : a personal insult in Australian slang, referring to a useless or incompetent man.

A drop kick in rugby union is a type of kick that involves someone dropping a ball and then kicking when it hits the ground, in contrast to a punt wherein the dropper kicks the ball without letting it hit the ground first.

In rugby union, a drop kick is used for the kick-off and restarts and to score a field or drop goal. Originally it was one of only two ways to score points, along with the place kick.

Drop kicks are mandatory:

• from the centre spot to start a half (a kick-off)
• from the centre spot to restart the game after points have been scored
• to restart play from the 22-metre line (called a drop-out) after the ball is touched down or made dead in the in-goal area by the defending team when the attacking team kicked or took the ball into the in-goal area
• to score a field goal or drop goal (or dropped goal) in open play, which is worth three points.

Drop kicks are optional:

• for a conversion kick after a try has been scored, but this is rare, as place kicks are generally used for the conversion
• for a penalty kick to score a penalty goal, but this is rare, as place kicks are generally used
• when kicking for touch (the sideline) from a penalty, although the option of a punt kick is usually taken instead.

Additionally, in rugby sevens, the drop kick is used for all conversion attempts which must be taken within 40 seconds of the try being scored.