placekick

See also: place-kick, and place kick

English

Etymology

From place +‎ kick.

Noun

placekick (plural placekicks)

1. (in several forms of football) A kick of the ball from a stationary position.

Verb

placekick (third-person singular simple present placekicks, present participle placekicking, simple past and past participle placekicked)

1. (in several forms of football) To kick the ball from a stationary position, especially as a means of scoring extra points.

Related terms

• placekicker