free kick

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English

Noun

free kick (plural free kicks)

1. (American football, soccer, Australian rules football, rugby, other ballgames) a kick in which a player may kick the ball without interference from the opposition. Such a kick may be awarded for a foul by the opposition, or earned by a player such as by taking a mark.
2. (Gaelic football) The usual means of restarting play after a foul is committed, where the non-offending team restarts from where the foul was committed.

Derived terms

• direct free kick
• indirect free kick

Translations

kick played without interference of opposition

• Albanian: goditje e lirë (sq)
• Azeri: cərimə zərbəsi (az)
• Czech: přímý kop (cs) m
• Danish: frispark (da) n
• Dutch: vrije trap m, vrije schop m, vrijschop m
• Finnish: vapaapotku (fi)
• French: coup franc (fr) m
• German: Freistoß (de) m

• Hungarian: szabadrúgás (hu)
• Icelandic: aukaspyrna (is) f
• Irish: saorchic (ga) m, cic saor (ga) m
• Italian: calcio di punizione
• Norwegian: frispark (no)
• Polish: rzut wolny (pl) m
• Swedish: frispark (sv) c
• Turkish: serbest vuruş (tr), frikik (tr)

Gaelic football

• Irish: saorchic (ga) m, cic saor (ga) m