kickout

1. (surfing) A rapid turn performed by shifting one's weight to the rear of the surfboard.

2. (basketball) A pass to another offensive player who immediately shoots for the basket.Examples: "On his first return scoring, against the Oilers, J.T. said, “I saw a hole on the right side, got a good kickout block and shot through.”"; "In the short roll, playing 4-on-5 like a smaller Draymond, his job is simple: Read the defense and make the right play. Most of the time, it is either a lob, a floater or a kickout for a corner 3."; "They have to get there however possible tonight to create not just layups but also kickout 3s."

3. (soccer) A kick made by the goalkeeper from the goal area.Examples: "This is the style of kick made by goal keepers in soccer in a kickout and by players in the Rugby type of game in the kick-off ."

4. (rugby, American football) A drop kick by a player on the side to return the ball back into play.Examples: "In the great Michigan game of 1903, it was he who got the ball on the kickout."; "Jones caught the kickout on the fifteen-yard line and Hudson kicked goal."; "Another change requires that on the kickout the opponents line up on the 20-yard line, instead of on the 25-yard line, and that the ball be kicked from some point behind the 20-yard line."

5. (water polo) A penalty for holding or sinking the driverExamples: "Juliet Lawrence led the Crushers in Monday's neck-and-neck loss with 3 goals and had 3 steals and a caused kickout."; "Strohson tallied a goal, two steals and two exclusions earned. Chimilar finished with an assist, three steals and a kickout drawn."; "Taye Luke also scored for Santa Ynez, while accounting for one assist, a steal and one kickout."

6. (pinball) A hole in the playfield that briefly captures the ball and then ejects it.Examples: "We're supposed to be testing them, probing for valuable information, learning that this particular kickout always feeds the ball to the left flipper, that tilt bob is set tight, and this game is sloped so steeply that the right ramp is hard to hit."