kick
Definitions
- A hit or strike with the leg, foot or knee.
- To strike or hit with the foot or other extremity of the leg
- To move from place to place.
- The action of swinging a foot or leg.
- To make a sharp jerking movement of the leg, as to strike something
- To throw out; dismiss.
- Something that tickles the fancy; something fun or amusing; a pleasure; a thrill.
- To direct to a particular place by a blow with the foot or leg
- To begin to fire: The engine finally kicked over.
- The removal of a person from an online activity.
- To eject summarily
- To take forceful or harsh measures to achieve an objective.
- The act of restarting or resetting a watchdog timer.
- To forcibly remove a participant from an online activity
- To die.
- Any bucking motion of an object that lacks legs or feet.
- To free oneself of an addiction, as to narcotics or cigarettes.
- A pungent or spicy flavour; piquancy.
- To cast off one's inhibitions and have a good time.
- A stimulation provided by an intoxicating substance.
- To promote to a higher yet less desirable position.
- A pass played by kicking with the foot.
- Informal. To speak together and exchange ideas and opinions about:bandy (about), discuss, moot, talk over, thrash out (or over), thresh out (or over), toss around.
- The distance traveled by kicking the ball.
- Slang. To put out by force:bump, dismiss, eject, evict, expel, oust, throw out.
- The recoil of a gun.
- A pocket.
- An increase in speed in the final part of a running race.
- Synonym of kicker (“backlight positioned at an angle”).
- Sixpence.
- A shoe.
- Clipping of kickdrum; a 808.
Conjugation
Browse the table or drill it — all tenses, moods, and persons of kick.
Equivalents
Examples
“A kick⟳ to the knee.”
“A kick⟳ of his boot-heel sent the door flying into the room.”
“Elsad Zverotic gave Montenegro hope⟳ with a goal with the last⟳ kick⟳ of the first half - and when Rooney was deservedly shown red by referee Wolfgang Stark, England were placed under pressure they could not survive⟳.”
“The ballerina did a high kick⟳ and a leap⟳.”
“I finally saw⟳ the show⟳. What a kick⟳!”
“I think⟳ I sprained something on my latest exercise kick⟳.”
“get⟳ a kick⟳ out of”
“get⟳ one's kicks”
“Won't you get⟳ hip to this kindly tip⟳ / When you ride⟳ that California trip⟳ / Get⟳ your kicks on Route 66”
“I get⟳ no kick⟳ from champagne. Mere alcohol doesn't thrill me at all. So tell⟳ me why should it be true that I get⟳ a kick⟳ out of you. Some hey may go for cocaine. I'm sure that if I took even one sniff it would bore me terrifically, too. Yet, I get⟳ a kick⟳ out of you.[…]I get⟳ no kick⟳ in a plane. Flying too high with some gal in the sky is my idea of nothing to do. Yet I get⟳ a kick⟳. You give⟳ me a boot. I get⟳ a kick⟳ out of you.”
“«Ah, it’s all right, it’s just kicks. We only live⟳ once. We’re having a good time.»”
“The “Mods” say⟳ it was the “Rockers” who came looking for trouble⟳. Both groups, however, admit⟳ that they were “looking for kicks.””
“I have⟳ a theory […] that the Butterfield Band, who played in back of Dylan was really the Kingston Trio getting kicks […]”
“I wanna hold⟳ her, wanna hold⟳ her tight / Get⟳ teenage kicks right through the night”
“This is a common experience⟳ among drug addicts who need⟳ stronger and stronger doses to regain⟳ the old 'kicks'.”
“They seek⟳ new kicks, new thrills, new adventures.”
“The car had a nasty kick⟳ the whole way.”
“The pool ball took a wild kick⟳, up off the table.”
“Add⟳ a little cascabel pepper to ordinary tomato sauce to give⟳ it a kick⟳.”
“For extra kick⟳, hollow out a lime, float⟳ it on top of the drink⟳, and fill⟳ it with tequila.”
“The first time I saw⟳ "Deep Water," the trace of mystery in the Crowhurst affair gave the movie a kick⟳ of excitement.”
“Then again this is Mayfair. A big, rustling bowl of deep-fried squid with a salty chilli kick⟳ cost⟳ £7.50; a generous pile of jamon croquetas, the shells giving way to something creamy and intensely hammy within, was 50p less.”
“a long kick⟳ up the field.”
“Some nights I’d try⟳ my luck in the crap game and wind up with a grand or more in my kick⟳.”
“Her mind⟳ couldn’t lose⟳ sight of […]the bloodied nickel plated pistol Angie had in his kick⟳.”
“Swell shows all of ‘em, except this last⟳ one. […] Set⟳ me back two-seventy-five, including tax, and I wish⟳ I’d got it in my kick⟳ right now.”
“If you keep⟳ Nan’s advice you’ll keep⟳ it in your kick⟳.”
“You take⟳ that and put⟳ it in your kick⟳. I’ve had plenty of cash out of you already.”
“Two and a kick⟳—two shillings and a kick⟳.”
“That's the stuff that will do the trick⟳ / Sold at every chemist for one and a kick⟳”
“All the other kids with the pumped up kicks / You better run⟳, better run⟳, outrun my gun”
CEFR level
A2
Elementary
This word is part of the CEFR A2 vocabulary — elementary level.
This word is part of the CEFR A2 vocabulary — elementary level.
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