penalty kick

noun

1

: a free kick in rugby

2

: a free kick at the goal in soccer made from a point 12 yards in front of the goal and allowed for certain violations within a designated area around the goal

Examples of penalty kick in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Sentnor converted her second penalty kick in consecutive weeks to open the scoring. — Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2026

On Saturday, the club were part of the half-time entertainment at the Riverside, youngsters taking penalty kicks. — Michael Walker, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026

Marco Reus scored on a penalty kick in the 44th minute and Los Angeles (7-10-9) took a 1-0 lead into halftime. — CBS News, 13 Sep. 2026

With White, Gauld and Müller subbed off, Bruno Caicedo converted a penalty kick in the 89th that JT Marcinowski got a hand on. — ABC News, 10 Sep. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1889, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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