overkickv.
/ˌəʊvəˈkɪk/, U.S. /ˌoʊvərˈkɪk/ 1. intransitive. Sport (chiefly Association Football and Rugby). To kick the ball too far to complete the move intended. Also transitive.
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1872 Sheffield Daily Tel. 4 Nov. 4/5 Messrs. Wood and Willey then got the ball down, and passed it to Sampson, who when nearing the goal slightly overkicked the ball, and their efforts were frustrated.
1892 Daily News 15 Oct. 7/4 One of the forwards slightly overkicks the ball.
1924 Times 27 Oct. 6/4 Both sets of backs were very sound, although somewhat prone to overkick.
1961 Times 19 Dec. 3/3 The Cambridge backs..overkicked in the first half and otherwise expended a lot of energy to little fruitful purpose.
1998 Evening News (Edinb.) (Nexis) 14 Nov. 22 Scotland's tendency to overkick carried on into the second half.
2. transitive. To kick over; to overturn by kicking. rare.
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1875 H. Ellison Stones from Quarry The dreaming fool o'erkicks His fragile wares.
1904 R. B. Cunninghame Graham in M. Aflalo Truth about Morocco Pref. p. xiii That kittle heifer always apt to over-kick the stool and leave the milker in the dust with his cans clattering about his ears.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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