free kickn.
/ˌfriː ˈkɪk/, U.S. /fri ˈkɪk/ Football.
An unimpeded kick of the ball, typically awarded to a team as a penalty for a foul or infringement by the other team and taken from the place that the infringement occurred.
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1862 Blackheath Rules in O. L. Owen Hist. Rugby Football Union (1955) iii. 52 Entitled to a free kick.
1885 D. E. McConnell Austral. Etiquette 640 Any player catching the ball directly from the foot of another player may call ‘mark’. He then has a ‘free kick’ from any spot behind.
1894 A. Branscombe & ‘A. Ross’ Morocco Bound ii. 28 The statute demands A free kick for hands!
1927 Daily Express 20 Apr. 13/2 Trotter gave the home club the lead with a beautiful header, following a free kick well taken by Leach.
1931 J. F. McHale et al. Austral. Game of Football 30 In charging or meeting a player under the circumstances described above, you must be careful not to charge from behind, otherwise a free-kick will be given for ‘a push in the back’.
2005 Times 10 Jan. (Game section) 6/5 His free kick sailed agonisingly wide of the left upright after Gerard Pique..had bundled Moxey to the ground.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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