shoulder drop

noun

A feint made by dropping one shoulder in order to indicate a movement that one does not make.

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Meanings

nounshoulder drop (plural shoulder drops)

plural shoulder drops

  1. A feint made by dropping one shoulder in order to indicate a movement that one does not make.

    He was in the mood and he decorated the first half with some wonderful moments. How about the side-on volleyed crossfield pass with the outside of his right boot? Or the shoulder drop, the surge upfield, the riding of a challenge and then another thrilling run.

    2024 June 16, David Hytner, “Jude Bellingham gives England winning start but Serbia make Southgate sweat”, in Guardian
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APA

shoulder drop. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shoulder%20drop

MLA

“shoulder drop.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shoulder%20drop. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “shoulder drop,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shoulder%20drop.

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