Kick

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English

Verb

Kick (third-person singular simple present Kicks, present participle Kicking, simple past and past participle Kicked)

  1. (transitive) To strike or hit with the foot or other extremity of the leg.
    Did you kick your brother?
    • 1877, Anna Sewell, Black Beauty, Chapter 1: My Early Home,
      Sometimes we had rather rough play, for they would frequently bite and kick as well as gallop.
    • 1895, George MacDonald, Lilith, Chapter XII: Friends and Foes,
      I was cuffed by the women and kicked by the men because I would not swallow it.
    • 1905, Fielding H. Yost, Football for Player and Spectator, Chapter 6,
      A punt is made by letting the ball drop from the hands and kicking it just before it touches the ground.
    • 1919, Sherwood Anderson, Winesburg, Ohio, The Teacher: concerning Kate Swift,
      Will Henderson, who had on a light overcoat and no overshoes, kicked the heel of his left foot with the toe of the right.
  2. (intransitive) To make a sharp jerking movement of the leg, as to strike something.
    He enjoyed the simple pleasure of watching the kickline kick.
  3. (transitive) To direct to a particular place by a blow with the foot or leg.
    Kick the ball into the goal.
  4. (with "off" or "out") To eject summarily.
    • 1936 October, Robert E. Howard, The Conquerin' Hero of the Humbolts, published in Action Stories
      "He's been mad at me ever since I fired him off'n my payroll. After I kicked him off'n my ranch he run for sheriff, and the night of the election everybody was so drunk they voted for him by mistake, or for a joke, or somethin', and since he's been in office he's been lettin' the sheepmen steal me right out of house and home."
    • 1976 February 3, Bill Gates, An Open Letter to Hobbyists,
      They are the ones who give hobbyists a bad name, and should be kicked out of any club meeting they show up at.
  5. (Internet) To remove a participant from an online activity.
    He was kicked by ChanServ for flooding.
  6. (slang) To overcome (a bothersome or difficult issue or obstacle); to free onself of (a problem).
    By taking that medication, he managed to get his triggered phobia of heights kicked.
    I still smoke, but they keep telling me to kick the habit.
  7. To move or push suddenly and violently.
    He was kicked sideways by the force of the blast.
    • 2011, Tom Andry, Bob Moore: No Hero,
      The back of the car kicked out violently, forcing me to steer into the slide and accelerate in order to maintain control.
  8. (of a firearm) To recoil; to push by recoiling.
    • 2003, Jennifer C. D. Groomes, The Falcon Project, page 174,
      Lying on the ground, when fired, it kicked me back a foot. There was no way a person my size was going to be able to do an effective job with this gun.
    • 2006, Daniel D. Scherschel, Maple Grove, page 81,
      I asked my sister Jeanette if she wanted to shoot the 12 ga. shotgun. She replied, "does it kick"?

Noun

Kick (plural Kicks)
  1. A hit or strike with the leg or foot or knee.
    A kick to the knee.
  2. The action of swinging a foot or leg.
    The ballerina did a high kick and a leap.
  3. (colloquial) Something that tickles the fancy; something fun or amusing.
    I finally saw the show. What a kick!
    I think I sprained something on my latest exercise kick.
  4. (Internet) The removal of a person from an online activity.
  5. A button (of a joypad, joystick or similar device) whose only or main current function is that when it is pressed causes a video game character to kick.
  6. (figuratively) Any bucking motion of an object that lacks legs or feet.
    The car had a nasty kick the whole way.
    The pool ball took a wild kick, up off the table.
  7. (uncountable and countable) piquancy
    • 2002, Ellen and Michael Albertson, Temptations, Fireside, ISBN 0743229800, page 124 [1]:
      Add a little cascabel pepper to ordinary tomato sauce to give it a kick.
    • 2003, Sheree Bykofsky and Megan Buckley, Sexy City Cocktails, Adams Media, ISBN 1580629172, page 129 [2]:
      For extra kick, hollow out a lime, float it on top of the drink, and fill it with tequila.
    • 2007 August 27, Anthony Lane, "Lone Sailors", The New Yorker, volume 83, Issues 22-28
      The first time I saw "Deep Water," the trace of mystery in the Crowhurst affair gave the movie a kick of excitement.
  8. A stimulation provided by an intoxicating substance.
  9. (soccer) A pass played by kicking with the foot.
  10. (soccer) The distance traveled by kicking the ball.
    a long kick up the field.
  11. a recoil of a gun.
  12. (informal) pocket

Quotations

Adjectives for Kick

mighty; harmless; ceremonious.

Adverbs for Kick

affectionately; profanely; unmercifully; brutally; furiously; spasmodically; carelessly; frantically; simultaneously; unceremoniously; savagely; clumsily; murderously; madly; viciously; vindictively; ferociously.

Thesaurus

Roman candle, abandon, aggressiveness, aid to navigation, air a grievance, alarm, amber light, amusement, animal pleasure, antagonism, antipathy, backfire, backlash, backlashing, balefire, bang, beacon, beacon fire, beat the drum, beef, beefing, bell, bell buoy, bellyache, bellyaching, bitch, bitching, bite, blinker, blue peter, bodily pleasure, boggle, boomerang, boot, bounce, bounce back, bound, bound back, boycott, break, break the habit, briskness, broad hint, bump, buoy, bust, calcitration, call in question, can, cannon, cannon off, carnal delight, carom, cashier, caution light, challenge, charge, clamor, clashing, clue, collision, comfort, complain, complain loudly, complaining, complaint, compunction, conflict, confront, confutation, contend with, content, contentment, contradiction, contraposition, contrariety, contrecoup, counteraction, counterposition, counterworking, coziness, crab, crankiness, creature comforts, croak, crotchetiness, cry out against, cue, dash, defrock, degrade, demonstrate, demonstrate against, demonstration, demote, demur, demurrer, deplume, depose, deprive, destructive criticism, dip, disbar, discharge, discontinue, disemploy, dismiss, displace, displume, dispute, dissent, drive, drop, drop kick, drum out, ease, endpleasure, enjoyment, enter a protest, enterprise, entertainment, euphoria, except, exception, exchange colors, expel, expostulate, expostulation, face down, face out, face up to, faultfinding, fire, flag, flag down, flare, flash, flush, fly back, fog bell, fog signal, fog whistle, foghorn, forepleasure, fret, fret and fume, friction, front, fruition, fun, furlough, fuss, gentle hint, gesture, get-up-and-go, ginger, give a signal, give the ax, give the gate, give the nod, give up, glance, glimmer, glimmering, go light, gong buoy, gratification, great satisfaction, green light, grievance, grievance committee, gripe, griping, groan, groaning, grouch, grouse, grousing, growl, grumble, grumbling, grunt, gusto, guts, hail, hail and speak, half-mast, have repercussions, hearty enjoyment, heliograph, high sign, hint, hoist a banner, holler, hotness, howl, implication, index, indication, indignation meeting, initiative, inkling, innuendo, insinuation, intellectual pleasure, interference, international alphabet flag, international numeral pennant, intimation, inveigh, joie de vivre, jollies, keen pleasure, kick against, kick back, kick upstairs, kickback, kicking, kicks, knee, lash back, lay off, leave off, leer, let go, let out, lift, liveliness, lodge a complaint, look, luxury, make a sign, make a stand, make redundant, march, marker beacon, meet head-on, murmur, murmuring, mutter, nip, nippiness, nod, nonconformity, nonviolent protest, nudge, object, objection, offer resistance, oppose, opposition, opposure, oppugnance, oppugnancy, parachute flare, peeve, peevishness, pension off, pep, pepper, pepperiness, perverseness, pet peeve, petulance, physical pleasure, picket, picketing, pilot flag, piss and vinegar, pizzazz, place kick, pleasure, poke, police whistle, poop, press objections, prompt, protest, protest demonstration, protestation, punch, punt, push, qualm, quarantine flag, querulousness, quiet pleasure, quiver, raciness, radio beacon, raise a cry, raise a howl, rally, reaction, read out of, rebound, rebuff, recalcitrance, recalcitrate, recalcitration, recoil, red flag, red light, register a complaint, release, relish, reluct, remonstrance, remonstrate, remonstration, remove, renitency, repercuss, repercussion, replace, repugnance, repulse, resile, resilience, resistance, retire, revolt, ricochet, rocket, rush, rush of emotion, sack, sailing aid, salute, satisfaction, scent, scolding, scruple, self-gratification, self-indulgence, semaphore, semaphore flag, semaphore telegraph, sensation, sensual pleasure, sensuous pleasure, separate forcibly, sexual pleasure, shake, shiver, show fight, shudder, sign, signal, signal beacon, signal bell, signal fire, signal flag, signal gong, signal gun, signal lamp, signal light, signal mast, signal post, signal rocket, signal shot, signal siren, signal tower, signalize, sit in, sit-in, snap, snap back, snappiness, sniping, sound an alarm, sound the trumpet, spar buoy, speak, spice, spiciness, spoor, spring, spring back, spunk, squawk, squawking, stand, stand at bay, stand up against, stand up to, starch, state a grievance, stop, stop light, strike, strip, strive against, suggestion, superannuate, surge of emotion, surplus, suspend, suspicion, swear off, sweetness of life, swimming upstream, symptom, take on, tang, tanginess, teach in, teach-in, telltale, the nod, the wink, thrill, throw off, thrust, tingle, tingling, titillation, touch, track, traffic light, traffic signal, tremor, tremor of excitement, turn off, turn out, unfrock, unfurl a flag, verve, vim, voluptuousness, wallop, watch fire, wave, wave a flag, wave the hand, well-being, whine, whining, whisper, white flag, wigwag, wigwag flag, wink, withstand, yap, yapping, yell bloody murder, yellow flag, yelp, zest, zestfulness, zing, zip

Etymology

  • From Middle English in the late 14th century, likely from Old Norse, possibly from kikna (“to bend backwards, sink at the knees”) (c.f. German knicken). The oldest use is biblcal, rendering λακτίζω ("to strike with the heel, kick", metaphorically of an ox) in Acts 9:5.
  • The noun is from the verb, attested from ca. 1530.

Pronunciation

Translations

Verb

strike with or raise the foot or leg
direct to a particular place by a blow with the foot or leg
to remove a participant from an online activity

Noun

hit or strike with the leg or foot
action of swinging a foot or leg
colloquial: something fun or amusing

Derived terms

Terms derived from the noun or verb "kick"
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