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ALL meanings of kick

kick
K k
  • transitive verb kick strike with foot 1
  • noun kick foot thrust 1
  • noun kick ability to kick 1
  • noun kick gun recoil 1
  • noun kick effect: alcohol, caffeine 1
  • noun kick vigour 1
  • noun kick thrill 1
  • noun kick current interest 1
  • noun kick football: kicking 1
  • intransitive verb kick recoil 1
  • intransitive verb kick thrust with foot 1
  • transitive verb kick auto: change gear 1
  • transitive verb kick football: attempt a goal 1
  • noun Definition of kick in Technology [IRC] To cause somebody to be removed from a IRC channel, an option only available to CHOPs. This is an extreme measure, often used to combat extreme flamage or flooding, but sometimes used at the chop's whim. Compare gun. 1
  • verb with object kick to strike with the foot or feet: to kick the ball; to kick someone in the shins. 1
  • verb with object kick to drive, force, make, etc., by or as if by kicks. 1
  • verb with object kick Football. to score (a field goal or a conversion) by place-kicking or drop-kicking the ball. 1
  • verb with object kick Informal. to make (a car) increase in speed, especially in auto racing: He kicked his car into high gear. 1
  • verb with object kick to strike in recoiling: The gun kicked his shoulder. 1
  • verb with object kick Slang. to give up or break (a drug addiction): Has he kicked the habit? 1
  • verb with object kick Poker. raise (def 24). 1
  • verb with object kick Chiefly South Atlantic States. to reject as a suitor; jilt: He courted her for two years—then she kicked him. 1
  • verb without object kick 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. 1
  • verb without object kick to have a tendency to strike with the foot or feet: That horse kicks when you walk into his stall. 1
  • verb without object kick Informal. to resist, object, or complain: What's he got to kick about? 1
  • verb without object kick to recoil, as a firearm when fired. 1
  • verb without object kick to be actively or vigorously involved: He's still alive and kicking. 1
  • noun kick the act of kicking; a blow or thrust with the foot or feet. 1
  • noun kick power or disposition to kick: That horse has a mean kick. 1
  • noun kick Informal. an objection or complaint. 1
  • noun kick Informal. thrill; pleasurable excitement: His biggest kick comes from telling about the victory. a strong but temporary interest, often an activity: Making mobiles is his latest kick. 1
  • noun kick Informal. a stimulating or intoxicating quality in alcoholic drink. vim, vigor, or energy. 1
  • noun kick Football. an instance of kicking the ball. any method of kicking the ball: place kick. a kicked ball. the distance such a ball travels. a turn at kicking the ball. 1
  • noun kick a recoil, as of a gun. 1
  • noun kick Slang. a pocket: He kept his wallet in his side kick. 1
  • noun kick kicks, Slang. shoe (def 1). 1
  • noun kick Glassmaking. a solid glass base or an indentation at the base of drinking glasses, bottles, etc., that reduces the liquid capacity of the glassware. Also called punt, kick-up. an indentation at the base of a wine bottle, originally for trapping the sediment. 1
  • idioms kick kick ass, Slang: Vulgar. to act harshly or use force in order to gain a desired result. to defeat soundly. Also, Slang, kick butt. 1
  • idioms kick kick in the ass, Slang: Vulgar. kick (def 35a). 1
  • idioms kick kick in the pants, Informal. someone or something that is very exciting, enjoyable, amusing, etc.: I think you'll like her, she's a real kick in the pants. kick (def 36). 1
  • idioms kick kick in the teeth, an abrupt, often humiliating setback; rebuff: Her refusal even to talk to me was a kick in the teeth. 1
  • idioms kick kick over the traces. trace2 (def 3). 1
  • idioms kick kick the bucket, Slang. bucket (def 15). 1
  • idioms kick kick the tin, Australian. to give a donation; contribute. 1
  • idioms kick kick upstairs, upstairs (def 8). 1
  • noun kick Strike or propel forcibly with the foot. 1
  • verb kick If you kick or if you kick your legs, you move your legs with very quick, small, and forceful movements, once or repeatedly. 0
  • verb kick Kick out means the same as kick. 0
  • verb kick If you kick your legs, you lift your legs up very high one after the other, for example when you are dancing. 0
  • verb kick If you kick a habit, you stop doing something that is bad for you and that you find difficult to stop doing. 0
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