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kick

/kɪk/

noun

Meaning

  • A hit or strike with the leg, foot or knee.

    "A kick to the knee."

  • The action of swinging a foot or leg.

    "The ballerina did a high kick and a leap."

  • Something that tickles the fancy; something fun or amusing.

    "I finally saw the show. What a kick!"

  • The removal of a person from an online activity.

  • Any bucking motion of an object that lacks legs or feet.

    "The car had a nasty kick the whole way."

  • Piquancy.

  • A stimulation provided by an intoxicating substance.

  • A pass played by kicking with the foot.

  • The distance traveled by kicking the ball.

    "a long kick up the field."

  • A recoil of a gun.

  • Pocket.

  • An increase in speed in the final part of a running race.

verb

Meaning

  • To strike or hit with the foot or other extremity of the leg.

    "Did you kick your brother?"

  • To make a sharp jerking movement of the leg, as to strike something.

    "He enjoyed the simple pleasure of watching the kickline kick."

  • To direct to a particular place by a blow with the foot or leg.

    "Kick the ball into the goal."

  • (with "off" or "out") To eject summarily.

  • To forcibly remove a participant from an online activity.

    "He was kicked by ChanServ for flooding."

  • To overcome (a bothersome or difficult issue or obstacle); to free oneself of (a problem).

    "I still smoke, but they keep telling me to kick the habit."

  • To move or push suddenly and violently.

    "He was kicked sideways by the force of the blast."

  • (of a firearm) To recoil; to push by recoiling.

  • To attack (a piece) in order to force it to move.

  • To accelerate quickly with a few pedal strokes in an effort to break away from other riders.

    "Contador kicks again to try to rid himself of Rasmussen."

  • To show opposition or resistance.

  • To work a press by impact of the foot on a treadle.

noun

Meaning

  • One who kicks.

  • One who takes kicks.

  • The kicking strap.

  • An outboard motor.

  • An unexpected situation, detail or circumstance, often unpleasant.

    "John wants to climb the wall, but the kicker is that it is thirty feet tall."

  • An enticement for investors, e.g. warranty added to the investment contract.

  • An unpaired card which is part of a pair, two pair, or three of a kind poker hand.

    "Jill's hand was two pair, aces and sevens, with a king kicker."

  • Small text above a headline that indicates the topic of the story.

  • The last one or two paragraphs of a story.

  • A lighthearted or humorous item used to round off a news broadcast.

  • A device that periodically displaces a newspaper from the print production line, to aid in gathering the newspapers into fixed-size bundles.

  • A launch ramp.

  • The fermenting mass of fruit that is the basis of pruno, or "prison wine".

  • A relaxed party.

  • A backlight positioned at an angle.

Synonyms

kick,
kickback,
motor

noun

Meaning

  • A particular type of Texan who is associated with country/western attire, attitudes and/or philosophy.

noun

Meaning

  • An introduction; something that leads into the beginning of something.

    "After the long lead-in, the climax of the story was a disappointment."

  • A region of data at the beginning of a compact disc, holding the table of contents.

  • A short phrase that begins the caption of a photograph.

Synonyms

preface,
prologue,
kicker