kick

Slang Dictionary

kick definition


  1. n.
    a charge or good feeling (from something); pleasure or enjoyment from something. (See also get a kick out of (so/sth) .) : That song really gives me a kick. I love it!
  2. n.
    the joltfrom a drug or a drink of strong liquor. : The kick nearly knocked Harry over.
  3. tv.
    to break a drug addiction voluntarily. (Drugs.) : I knew I had the guts in me somewhere to kick juice.
  4. n.
    a complaint. : You got another kick, troublemaker?
  5. in.
    to complain. : Why are you always kicking?

  6. Go to kicks. :
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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kick (off) definition


  1. in.
    to die. : We've been waiting for years for that cat to kick off.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Idioms & Phrases

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.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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