kickout

Deverbal from kick out.

kickout (plural kickouts)

1. (surfing) A rapid turn performed by shifting one's weight to the rear of the surfboard.
2. (basketball) A pass to another offensive player who immediately shoots for the basket.
   • 1979, The Sporting News - Volume 188, page 64:

     On his first return scoring, against the Oilers, J.T. said, “I saw a hole on the right side, got a good kickout block and shot through.”

   • 2021 May 16, James Herbert, “Power guard? Point center? The NBA's positional misfits are dismantling an antiquated system”, in CBS Sports:

     In the short roll, playing 4-on-5 like a smaller Draymond, his job is simple: Read the defense and make the right play. Most of the time, it is either a lob, a floater or a kickout for a corner 3.

   • 2021 May 21, Fred Katz, “Just what the doctor ordered for Wizards”, in The Athletic:

     They have to get there however possible tonight to create not just layups but also kickout 3s.

3. (soccer) A kick made by the goalkeeper from the goal area.
   • 1917, Wilbur Pardon Bowen, Applied anatomy and kinesiology, the mechanism of muscular movement, page 292:

     This is the style of kick made by goal keepers in soccer in a kickout and by players in the Rugby type of game in the kick-off .

4. (rugby, American football) A drop kick by a player on the side to return the ball back into play.
   • 1906, Graff F. Wolfe, The Story of Wall Ka-Zoo, page 112:

     In the great Michigan game of 1903, it was he who got the ball on the kickout.

   • 1906, The United States Army and Navy Journal and Gazette, page 276:

     Jones caught the kickout on the fifteen-yard line and Hudson kicked goal.

   • 1912, What's what at Michigan, page 37:

     Another change requires that on the kickout the opponents line up on the 20-yard line, instead of on the 25-yard line, and that the ball be kicked from some point behind the 20-yard line.

   • 1915, The Cornell Alumni News - Volume 18, page 97:

     The kickout was fumbled and Barrett lost his chance to try for the goal.

   • 2021 April 4, Nicholas Holstein, “FOOTBALL: Youthful Irish gain confidence, experience in win over Chicago Christian”, in Daily Journal (Kankakee, Illinois):

     “We called [the play] 26 Blast on that play and I was reading Jaydon Wright’s kickout block on the end,” Smith said.

5. (water polo) A penalty for holding or sinking the driver
   • 2021 April 27, Andy Wilcox, “Napa Valley Prep Report: Vintage girls water polo downs Dixon in season opener, 15-3”, in Napa Valley Register:

     Juliet Lawrence led the Crushers in Monday's neck-and-neck loss with 3 goals and had 3 steals and a caused kickout.

   • 2021 March 9, “Four Explorers Named To MAWPC Championship All-Tournament Team”, in La Salle University Athletics:

     Strohson tallied a goal, two steals and two exclusions earned. Chimilar finished with an assist, three steals and a kickout drawn.

   • 2021 March 17, Joe Bailey, “Colter Knight coaches Righetti to water polo win over SLO”, in Santa Maria Times:

     Taye Luke also scored for Santa Ynez, while accounting for one assist, a steal and one kickout.

6. (pinball) A hole in the playfield that briefly captures the ball and then ejects it.
   • 2017, Adam Ruben, Pinball Wizards:

     We're supposed to be testing them, probing for valuable information, learning that this particular kickout always feeds the ball to the left flipper, that tilt bob is set tight, and this game is sloped so steeply that the right ramp is hard to hit.

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