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kick verb1. LME.
[Origin unkn.]
verb intrans. Strike out with the foot. Also, raise the leg vigorously, esp. in dancing. LME.
P. Matthiessen In the vicinity of females, the male 'kicks'a loose twitch of the leg. R. Ingalls She..kicked and thrashed while they dragged her along the sidewalk.
verb intrans. fig. Express anger, defiance, or dislike; rebel; object strongly. Usu. foll. by against, at. LME.
M. McLuhan I find my lecture schedule..heavier..but nothing to kick about. E. Crankshaw In childhood this great disciplinarian had kicked against all discipline.
verb trans. Strike (something or someone) with the foot. L16.
A. Mason A foot kicked him hard in the ribs. M. McConnell To get a space shuttle off the ground, you can't just..kick the tires.
b. Reproach or be annoyed with (oneself). L19.
L. Olivier I..was beginning to kick myself for my lack of perception.
verb trans. Impel, drive, or move (as) by kicking. Usu. with adverb (phr.). L16.
W. Wharton She kicked her only daughter out of the house at sixteen. A. L. Rowse Vansittart..was kicked out of the way for Cadogan, more amenable to Chamberlain.
b. Dismiss, discharge, reject (esp. a suitor). US slang. E19.
verb intrans. & trans. (with it). Die. Formerly foll. by up. Cf. kick the bucket s.v. BUCKET noun2. slang. M17.
F. Dhondy The confusion only started when he kicked it. Died, I mean.
verb trans. transf. Strike (something) with a violent impact (chiefly in kick the beam s.v. BEAM noun). Of a gun: strike in the recoil. M17.
Guns Review That little gun tends to kick the user very hard.
verb intrans. transf.
a. Of a gun: recoil when fired. M19.
b. Cricket. (Of a ball) rebound almost vertically from the pitch; (of a pitch or a bowler) cause a ball to do this. Also foll. by up. M19.
c. Telegraphy. Of a relay: break contact momentarily. E20.
verb trans. Football. Score (a goal) by a kick. M19.
verb trans. & intrans. Give up or overcome (a habit, esp. drug-taking). colloq. M20.
N. Mailer It's easier to give up the love of your life than to kick cigarettes.
Phrases: alive and kicking: see ALIVE adjective. kick against the pricks fig. rebel, be recalcitrant, esp. to one's own hurt. kick a person's ass (slang, chiefly N. Amer.) dominate, defeat, or punish a person. kick ass (slang, chiefly N. Amer.) act forcefully or in a domineering manner; kick down the ladder: see LADDER noun 2. kick one's heels: see HEEL noun1. kick over the traces (of a horse) get a leg over the traces and become out of control; fig. (of a person) throw off usual restraints. kick the beam: see BEAM noun. kick the bucket: see BUCKET noun2. kick the habit: see HABIT noun. kick the hindsight(s) off, kick the hindsight(s) out of: see HINDSIGHT 2. kick the shit out of: see SHIT noun. kick the tar out of: see TAR noun1 1.
With adverbs in specialized senses: kick about, kick around (a) colloq. walk or wander about, esp. aimlessly; (b) be kicking about, be kicking around, (of a thing) lie around, esp. untidily; be available, unused, or unwanted; (c) (chiefly N. Amer.) kick (a thing) in all directions; fig. treat (a person) harshly, unfairly, or contemptuously; (d) discuss or examine in an informal or unstructured way, try out (a subject, idea, etc.). kick back (a) = BACKFIRE verb 2; (b) colloq. give a refund or rebate (to). kick down operate a kick-down device (see below). kick in (a) break down (a door etc.) by kicking against the outer side; spec. (US slang) break into (a building etc.); (b) slang (orig. US) contribute (money, one's share, etc.). kick off (a) throw off (a shoe etc.) by kicking; (b) verb intrans. (Football) begin or resume a match; fig. start, begin (with); (c) slang die. kick on Austral. slang continue to play well; transf. make an effort. kick out (a) expel, eject, esp. with a kick; (b) Surfing perform a kick-out (see below). kick up raise (dust etc.) (as) by kicking; fig. make (a disturbance or nuisance) (kick up a row: see ROW noun3; kick up a shindy: see SHINDY 2; kick up a stour: see STOUR noun); (see also sense 7b above). kick upstairs colloq. remove (a person) from the scene of action by promotion to an ostensibly higher post.
Comb.: kick-about an informal form of football; an informal game of football; kick-and-rush adjective designating football played with more vigour than skill; kick-ass adjective (slang, chiefly N. Amer.) rough, aggressive, powerful; kick-ball (a) football; kick-down noun & adjective (designating) a device operated by the foot, spec. (on a motor vehicle with automatic transmission) for changing to a lower gear by fully depressing the accelerator pedal; kick-in Football a practice at goal-shooting before the start of a match; kick-off (a) Football the start or resumption of a match; (b) fig. the start, the beginning; an inaugural or opening event; kick-out Surfing a manoeuvre executed by thrusting down on the rear of one's surfboard and pivoting it on its tail so as to ride up and over the top of a wave; kick-the-can, kick-the-tin a children's game in which a tin can is kicked.
kickable adjective M17.
ki'ckee noun [-EE1] a person who is kicked E19.
kickish adjective (obsolete exc. dial.) given to kicking; irritable: L16.
kickster noun a person whose behaviour is governed principally or solely by the desire for pleasure or excitement M20.
kicky adjective (a) Scot. inclined or apt to kick or provide kicks; spec. clever, lively; provoking, annoying; (b) Cricket causing the ball to kick; (c) N. Amer. colloq. exciting: L18.