ALL meanings of kick upstairs
kick up·stairs
K k - verb with object kick upstairs to strike with the foot or feet: to kick the ball; to kick someone in the shins. 1
- verb with object kick upstairs to drive, force, make, etc., by or as if by kicks. 1
- verb with object kick upstairs Football. to score (a field goal or a conversion) by place-kicking or drop-kicking the ball. 1
- verb with object kick upstairs Informal. to make (a car) increase in speed, especially in auto racing: He kicked his car into high gear. 1
- verb with object kick upstairs to strike in recoiling: The gun kicked his shoulder. 1
- verb with object kick upstairs Slang. to give up or break (a drug addiction): Has he kicked the habit? 1
- verb with object kick upstairs Poker. raise (def 24). 1
- verb with object kick upstairs 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 upstairs 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 upstairs 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 upstairs Informal. to resist, object, or complain: What's he got to kick about? 1
- verb without object kick upstairs to recoil, as a firearm when fired. 1
- verb without object kick upstairs to be actively or vigorously involved: He's still alive and kicking. 1
- noun kick upstairs the act of kicking; a blow or thrust with the foot or feet. 1
- noun kick upstairs power or disposition to kick: That horse has a mean kick. 1
- noun kick upstairs Informal. an objection or complaint. 1
- noun kick upstairs 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 upstairs Informal. a stimulating or intoxicating quality in alcoholic drink. vim, vigor, or energy. 1
- noun kick upstairs 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 upstairs a recoil, as of a gun. 1
- noun kick upstairs Slang. a pocket: He kept his wallet in his side kick. 1
- noun kick upstairs kicks, Slang. shoe (def 1). 1
- noun kick upstairs 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 upstairs kick upstairs, to promote (a person) to a higher position, usually having less authority, in order to be rid of him or her. 1
- adverb kick upstairs up the stairs; to or on an upper floor. 1
- adverb kick upstairs Informal. in the mind: to be a little weak upstairs. 1
- adverb kick upstairs to or at a higher level of authority: You may have to take the matter upstairs. 1
- adverb kick upstairs Military Slang. at or to a higher level in the air. 1
- adjective kick upstairs Also, upstair. of, relating to, or situated on an upper floor: an upstairs window; an upstairs apartment. 1
- noun plural kick upstairs (usually used with a singular verb) an upper story or stories; the part of a building or house that is above the ground floor: The upstairs of this house is entirely rented. 1
- noun plural kick upstairs a higher command or level of authority: We can't take action till we have approval from upstairs. 1
- verb kick upstairs (Transitive Verb) IDI To promote (an employee considered troublesome) to a position of lesser influence, but of apparently higher status. 0
- verb kick upstairs to promote to a nominally higher but effectively powerless position 0
- noun kick upstairs to promote to a higher rank or position, esp one that carries less power 0
- noun kick upstairs to promote to a nominally higher level so as to be rid of on a lower, but more effective, level, as in a corporation 0