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[kik]
–verb (used with object)
| 1. | to strike with the foot or feet: to kick the ball; to kick someone in the shins. |
| 2. | to drive, force, make, etc., by or as if by kicks. |
| 3. | Football. to score (a field goal or a conversion) by place-kicking or drop-kicking the ball. |
| 4. | Informal. to make (a car) increase in speed, esp. in auto racing: He kicked his car into high gear. |
| 5. | to strike in recoiling: The gun kicked his shoulder. |
| 6. | Slang. to give up or break (a drug addiction): Has he kicked the habit? |
| 7. | Poker. raise (def. 24). |
| 8. | Chiefly South Atlantic States. to reject as a suitor; jilt: He courted her for two years—then she kicked him. |
–verb (used without object)
| 9. | to make a rapid, forceful thrust with the foot or feet: He kicked at the ball. You have to kick rapidly when using a crawl stroke. |
| 10. | to have a tendency to strike with the foot or feet: That horse kicks when you walk into his stall. |
| 11. | Informal. to resist, object, or complain: What's he got to kick about? |
| 12. | to recoil, as a firearm when fired. |
| 13. | to be actively or vigorously involved: He's still alive and kicking. |
| 14. | kick upstairs. upstairs (def. 8). |
–noun
—Verb phrases| 15. | the act of kicking; a blow or thrust with the foot or feet. |
| 16. | power or disposition to kick: That horse has a mean kick. |
| 17. | Informal. an objection or complaint. |
| 18. | Informal.
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| 19. | Informal.
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| 20. | Football.
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| 21. | a recoil, as of a gun. |
| 22. | Slang. a pocket: He kept his wallet in his side kick. |
| 23. | kicks, Slang. shoes (def. 1). |
| 24. | Glassmaking.
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| 25. | kick about, to move from place to place frequently: He kicked about a good deal before settling down. |
| 26. | kick around, Informal.
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| 27. | kick back,
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| 28. | kick in,
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| 29. | kick off,
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| 30. | kick on, to switch on; turn on: He kicked on the motor and we began to move. |
| 31. | kick out, Informal.
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| 32. | kick over, Informal. (of an internal-combustion engine) to begin ignition; turn over: The engine kicked over a few times but we couldn't get it started. |
| 33. | kick up,
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| 34. | kick ass, Slang: Vulgar.
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| 35. | kick in the ass, Slang: Vulgar. kick (def. 39a). |
| 36. | kick in the pants, Informal.
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| 37. | kick in the teeth, an abrupt, often humiliating setback; rebuff: Her refusal even to talk to me was a kick in the teeth. |
| 38. | kick over the traces. trace 2 (def. 3). |
| 39. | kick the bucket, Slang. bucket (def. 15). |
| 40. | kick the tin, Australian. to give a donation; contribute. |
Origin:
1350–1400; ME kiken (v.); orig. uncert.
1350–1400; ME kiken (v.); orig. uncert.

Related forms:
kick⋅a⋅ble, adjective
kickless, adjective
Synonyms:
1. boot. 11. remonstrate; oppose. 11, 17. grumble, growl, grouch, moan; protest.
1. boot. 11. remonstrate; oppose. 11, 17. grumble, growl, grouch, moan; protest.
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Kick
Kick\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Kicred; p. pr. & vb. n. Kicking.] [W. cicio, fr. cic foot.] To strike, thrust, or hit violently with the foot; as, a horse kicks a groom; a man kicks a dog. He [Frederick the Great] kicked the shins of his judges. --Macaulay. To kick the beam, to fit up and strike the beam; -- said of the lighter arm of a loaded balance; hence, to be found wanting in weight. --Milton. To kick the bucket, to lose one's life; to die. [Colloq. & Low]Kick
Kick\, v. i. 1. To thrust out the foot or feet with violence; to strike out with the foot or feet, as in defense or in bad temper; esp., to strike backward, as a horse does, or to have a habit of doing so. Hence, figuratively: To show ugly resistance, opposition, or hostility; to spurn. I should kick, being kicked. --Shak. 2. To recoil; -- said of a musket, cannon, etc.Kick
Kick\, n. 1. A blow with the foot or feet; a striking or thrust with the foot. A kick, that scarce would more a horse, May kill a sound divine. --Cowper. 2. The projection on the tang of the blade of a pocket knife, which prevents the edge of the blade from striking the spring. See Illust. of Pocketknife. 3. (Brickmaking) A projection in a mold, to form a depression in the surface of the brick. 4. The recoil of a musket or other firearm, when discharged.
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Language Translation for : kick
Spanish:
dar un puntapié, golpear con el pie, dar una patada a,
German:
treten,
Japanese:
ける
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kick (v.)
c.1380, "to strike out with the foot" (earliest in biblical phrase now usually rendered as kick against the pricks), of uncertain origin, perhaps from O.N. kikna "bend backwards, sink at the knees." Fig. sense of "complain, protest, rebel against" (1388) probably is from the Bible verse. Slang sense of "die" is attested from 1725 (kick the wind was slang for "be hanged," 1598; see also bucket). Meaning "to end one's drug habit" is from 1936. To kick oneself in self-reproach is from 1891. The noun is first recorded 1530. Meaning "recoil (of a gun) when fired" is from 1826. Meaning "surge or fit of pleasure" (often as kicks) is from 1941; originally lit., "stimulation from liquor or drugs" (1844). The kick "the fashion" is c.1700. Kick-off is from 1857 as the first kick in a football match; fig. sense of "start, beginning event" is from 1875. Kickback "illegal or improper payment" is from 1934. Kickboxing first recorded 1971.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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kick
In addition to the idioms beginning with kick, also see alive and kicking; for fun (kicks); get a bang (kick) out of.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
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