Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To extend the leg away from the body; strike out with the foot or feet.
- intransitive verb To score or gain ground by kicking a ball.
- intransitive verb To punt in football.
- intransitive verb To propel the body in swimming by moving the legs, as with a flutter kick or frog kick.
- intransitive verb To recoil.
- intransitive verb To express negative feelings vigorously; complain.
- intransitive verb To oppose by argument; protest.
- intransitive verb To strike with the foot.
- intransitive verb To propel by striking with the foot.
- intransitive verb To spring back against suddenly.
- intransitive verb Sports To score (a goal or point) by kicking a ball.
- noun A vigorous blow with the foot.
- noun Sports The motion of the legs that propels the body in swimming.
- noun Any of various moves in dance in which the leg is extended from the body.
- noun A jolting recoil.
- noun Slang A complaint; a protest.
- noun Slang Power; force.
- noun A feeling of pleasurable stimulation.
- noun Fun.
- noun Slang Temporary, often obsessive interest.
- noun Slang A sudden, striking surprise; a twist.
- noun The act or an instance of kicking a ball.
- noun A kicked ball.
- noun The distance spanned by a kicked ball.
- idiom (kick ass/butt) To take forceful or harsh measures to achieve an objective.
- idiom (kick the bucket) To die.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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*sidestep sidestep kick, *sidestep sidestep kick* Whoooo Hooo!
well MTV, this mah tree - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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Secondly, Mother Nature can I hope you'll forgive the phrase kick our asses any time she decides to.
David Crosby: Danger Signs: America's So Nuclear Wasted David Crosby 2011
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Secondly, Mother Nature can I hope you'll forgive the phrase kick our asses any time she decides to.
David Crosby: Danger Signs: America's So Nuclear Wasted David Crosby 2011
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Secondly, Mother Nature can I hope you'll forgive the phrase kick our asses any time she decides to.
David Crosby: Danger Signs: America's So Nuclear Wasted David Crosby 2011
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I don't like changing the barrel, because then I have to re-sight the scope, and off the bench the kick is a real b! tch.
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RUBIN: Well, diplomatically, what the prime minister did today is what we call kick the can down the road.
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He begged me to authorize him to go in and do what he called kick in the doors and find those weapons.
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HEARINGPROTECTION Much of what we perceive as "kick" is painful noise.
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Much of what we perceive as "kick" is painful noise.
Just For Kicks 2006
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I use Hornady Custom 165 grain Boat-tails and the 'kick' is not much greater than that of my 30-06 or .270 with similar Hornady loads.
reesetee commented on the word kick
The hollow at the bottom of a wine bottle--also called a punt
February 23, 2007
oroboros commented on the word kick
See player.
September 9, 2007