Definitions

1. noun

a type of kick in sports, particularly in rugby and Australian Rules football, where the leg is swung in a wide arc to kick the ball

“The rugby player scored a try after a successful dropkick from the sideline.”

2. noun

a person who uses violence or aggression, especially in a street gang

“The police were wary of the notorious dropkick who terrorized the neighborhood.”

3. verb

to kick someone or something with a dropkick

“The wrestler dropkicked his opponent out of the ring.”

4. verb

to defeat or destroy someone or something easily

“The new policy dropkicked the old one into oblivion.”

5. verb

to leave or abandon something suddenly

“She dropkicked her job to start her own business.”