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Kick   /kɪk/   Listen
Kick

noun
1.
The act of delivering a blow with the foot.  Synonyms: boot, kicking.  "The team's kicking was excellent"
2.
The swift release of a store of affective force.  Synonyms: bang, boot, charge, flush, rush, thrill.  "What a boot!" , "He got a quick rush from injecting heroin" , "He does it for kicks"
3.
The backward jerk of a gun when it is fired.  Synonym: recoil.
4.
Informal terms for objecting.  Synonyms: beef, bitch, gripe, squawk.
5.
The sudden stimulation provided by strong drink (or certain drugs).
6.
A rhythmic thrusting movement of the legs as in swimming or calisthenics.  Synonym: kicking.  "The swimmer's kicking left a wake behind him"
verb
(past & past part. kicked; pres. part. kicking)
1.
Drive or propel with the foot.
2.
Thrash about or strike out with the feet.
3.
Strike with the foot.  "Kick the door down"
4.
Kick a leg up.
5.
Spring back, as from a forceful thrust.  Synonyms: kick back, recoil.
6.
Stop consuming.  Synonym: give up.  "Give up alcohol"
7.
Make a goal.
8.
Express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness.  Synonyms: complain, kvetch, plain, quetch, sound off.  "She has a lot to kick about"



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"Kick" Quotes from Famous Books



... Rappahannock," Lincoln wrote, "I would by no means cross to the south of it. I would not take any risk of being entangled upon the river, like an ox jumped half over a fence, and liable to be torn by dogs, front and rear, without a fair chance to gore one way or kick the other." ...
— Mohun, or, The Last Days of Lee • John Esten Cooke

... fortune. Lights and shadows crossing the youthful face betrayed the hopes, and fears mingling with, such emotions as the girl lived through in this crowded hour, but no sooner had she slipped the small roll of bills into the flaring neck of her thin blouse, than a shaking at the door caused her to kick the telescope bag under the bed, hastily readjust the cover of the orange box, blow out the capering candle flame, and then open the door. A woman young in face but old in posture scuffled in. She wore a shawl on her head, although the season was warm April, and the plentiful ...
— The Girl Scout Pioneers - or Winning the First B. C. • Lillian C Garis

... "You're a good soldier, Gibelin; you like to kick and growl, but you do your work. Tell you what I'll do as soon as I'm put in charge of this case. Want to know ...
— Through the Wall • Cleveland Moffett

... aside his coat, and advanced. "You get out of my way, or I'll kick you out, like I ...
— Blazed Trail Stories - and Stories of the Wild Life • Stewart Edward White

... taken, Cap, we'll fight; we'll kick, scratch, bite, till they kill us. We won't stand ...
— Boys' Book of Frontier Fighters • Edwin L. Sabin


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