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drop kick
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drop kick
n. Sports
A kick made by dropping a ball to the ground and kicking it just as it starts to rebound.

drop-kick (drpkk) v.

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It had been 61 years since anyone had drop-kicked a ball in the NFL, but when Patriots quarterback Doug Flutie turned the trick Sunday, it didn't take long for the idea to catch on.
Well, 8 billion miles away and travelling at 27,000 mph, a little metal nugget that mankind drop-kicked into space is on its way, carrying such a message.
Remarks made in the script by the lead character (no, not her--her husband) about gay people were considered so inflammatory (and, ultimately, fictional) that CBS drop-kicked the whole project over to queer and folksy Showtime.
 
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