"overhead kick" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: overhead kicks [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} overhead kick (plural overhead kicks)
  1. (soccer) A kick where the ball travels over the player's head. Wikipedia link: overhead kick Categories (topical): Football (soccer) Synonyms: bicycle kick, scissor kick Translations (kick): retourné acrobatique [masculine] (French), retourné [masculine] (French), cykelspark [common-gender] (Swedish), bicykleta [common-gender] (Swedish)

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