Place kick

Place kick
Place Place (pl[=a]s), n. [F., fr. L. platea a street, an area, a courtyard, from Gr. platei^a a street, properly fem. of platy`s, flat, broad; akin to Skr. p[.r]thu, Lith. platus. Cf. {Flawn}, {Piazza}, {Plate}, {Plaza}.] 1. Any portion of space regarded as measured off or distinct from all other space, or appropriated to some definite object or use; position; ground; site; spot; rarely, unbounded space. [1913 Webster]

Here is the place appointed. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

What place can be for us Within heaven's bound? --Milton. [1913 Webster]

The word place has sometimes a more confused sense, and stands for that space which any body takes up; and so the universe is a place. --Locke. [1913 Webster]

2. A broad way in a city; an open space; an area; a court or short part of a street open only at one end. ``Hangman boys in the market place.'' --Shak. [1913 Webster]

3. A position which is occupied and held; a dwelling; a mansion; a village, town, or city; a fortified town or post; a stronghold; a region or country. [1913 Webster]

Are you native of this place? --Shak. [1913 Webster]

4. Rank; degree; grade; order of priority, advancement, dignity, or importance; especially, social rank or position; condition; also, official station; occupation; calling. ``The enervating magic of place.'' --Hawthorne. [1913 Webster]

Men in great place are thrice servants. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]

I know my place as I would they should do theirs. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

5. Vacated or relinquished space; room; stead (the departure or removal of another being or thing being implied). ``In place of Lord Bassanio.'' --Shak. [1913 Webster]

6. A definite position or passage of a document. [1913 Webster]

The place of the scripture which he read was this. --Acts viii. 32. [1913 Webster]

7. Ordinal relation; position in the order of proceeding; as, he said in the first place. [1913 Webster]

8. Reception; effect; -- implying the making room for. [1913 Webster]

My word hath no place in you. --John viii. 37. [1913 Webster]

9. (Astron.) Position in the heavens, as of a heavenly body; -- usually defined by its right ascension and declination, or by its latitude and longitude. [1913 Webster]

10. (Racing) The position of first, second, or third at the finish, esp. the second position. In betting, to win a bet on a horse for place it must, in the United States, finish first or second, in England, usually, first, second, or third. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

{Place of arms} (Mil.), a place calculated for the rendezvous of men in arms, etc., as a fort which affords a safe retreat for hospitals, magazines, etc. --Wilhelm.

{High place} (Script.), a mount on which sacrifices were offered. ``Him that offereth in the high place.'' --Jer. xlviii. 35.

{In place}, in proper position; timely.

{Out of place}, inappropriate; ill-timed; as, his remarks were out of place.

{Place kick} (Football), the act of kicking the ball after it has been placed on the ground.

{Place name}, the name of a place or locality. --London Academy.

{To give place}, to make room; to yield; to give way; to give advantage. ``Neither give place to the devil.'' --Eph. iv. 27. ``Let all the rest give place.'' --Shak.

{To have place}, to have a station, room, or seat; as, such desires can have no place in a good heart.

{To take place}. (a) To come to pass; to occur; as, the ceremony will not take place. (b) To take precedence or priority. --Addison. (c) To take effect; to prevail. ``If your doctrine takes place.'' --Berkeley. ``But none of these excuses would take place.'' --Spenser.

{To take the place of}, to be substituted for. [1913 Webster]

Syn: Situation; seat; abode; position; locality; location; site; spot; office; employment; charge; function; trust; ground; room; stead. [1913 Webster]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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  • Place-kick — v. t. & i. To make a place kick; to make (a goal) by a place kick. {Place kick er}, n. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • place-kick — place kicker, placekicker, n. /plays kik /, Football. v.t. 1. to make (a field goal or point after touchdown) by a place kick. 2. to kick (the ball) as held for a place kick. v.i. 3. to make a place kick. Also, placekick. [1855 60; v. use of… …   Universalium

  • place kick — place′ kick n. spo a kick in which a football is held nearly upright on the ground either by means of a tee or by a teammate, as in a kickoff • Etymology: 1855–60 place′ kick , v.t. v.i. place′ kick er, n …   From formal English to slang

  • place kick — place ,kick noun count a kick of the ball in RUGBY or football while the ball is on the ground or being held by a player …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • place kick — n in ↑rugby or ↑American football, an occasion when the ball is kicked after it has been placed or held on the ground …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • place kick — noun (sports) a kick in which the ball is placed on the ground before kicking • Syn: ↑place kicking • Derivationally related forms: ↑place kick (for: ↑place kicking) • Topics: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • place-kick — verb 1. kick (a ball) from a stationary position, in football • Derivationally related forms: ↑place kicker, ↑place kicking • Hypernyms: ↑kick • Verb Frames: Somebody s something 2. score (a goal) …   Useful english dictionary

  • place kick — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms place kick : singular place kick plural place kicks a kick of the ball in rugby or American football while the ball is on the ground or being held by a player …   English dictionary

  • Place kick — The place kick is a kicking style commonly used in rugby football when kicking for goal and is also used in American football and Canadian football for kickoffs and field goals (a variation is the Squib kick).It typically involves placing the… …   Wikipedia

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