Kick
[kɪk]
Definition
(noun.) the act of delivering a blow with the foot; 'he gave the ball a powerful kick'; 'the team's kicking was excellent'.
(noun.) a rhythmic thrusting movement of the legs as in swimming or calisthenics; 'the kick must be synchronized with the arm movements'; 'the swimmer's kicking left a wake behind him'.
(noun.) the sudden stimulation provided by strong drink (or certain drugs); 'a sidecar is a smooth drink but it has a powerful kick'.
(verb.) make a goal; 'He kicked the extra point after touchdown'.
(verb.) stop consuming; 'kick a habit'; 'give up alcohol'.
(verb.) strike with the foot; 'The boy kicked the dog'; 'Kick the door down'.
(verb.) drive or propel with the foot.
(verb.) thrash about or strike out with the feet.
(verb.) kick a leg up.
Checker: Olivier--From WordNet
Definition
(v. t.) To strike, thrust, or hit violently with the foot; as, a horse kicks a groom; a man kicks a dog.
(v. i.) To thrust out the foot or feet with violence; to strike out with the foot or feet, as in defense or in bad temper; esp., to strike backward, as a horse does, or to have a habit of doing so. Hence, figuratively: To show ugly resistance, opposition, or hostility; to spurn.
(v. i.) To recoil; -- said of a musket, cannon, etc.
(n.) A blow with the foot or feet; a striking or thrust with the foot.
(n.) The projection on the tang of the blade of a pocket knife, which prevents the edge of the blade from striking the spring. See Illust. of Pocketknife.
(n.) A projection in a mold, to form a depression in the surface of the brick.
(n.) The recoil of a musket or other firearm, when discharged.
Checked by Jean
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN: rebel, resist, spurn
ANT:Caress, soothe, flatter, obey, yield
Edited by Fergus
Definition
v.t. to hit with the foot.—v.i. to thrust out the foot with violence: to show opposition or resistance: (of a gun) to recoil violently (see also Bullet): (print.) to work a press by impact of the foot on a treadle.—n. a blow with the foot: the turn of kicking the ball at football the person who kicks or kicks off: the recoil of a gun: (slang) fashion.—adj. Kick′able.—ns. Kick′er one who kicks esp. a horse; Kick′-off the first kick in a game of football; Kick′-up a disturbance.—Kick over the traces to throw off control; Kick or Strike the beam to rise as the lighter scale of a balance so as to strike against the beam—hence to be of little weight or importance; Kick the bucket (see Bucket); Kick up a dust or row to create a disturbance.—Drop kick a kick made as the ball dropped from the hand rebounds from the ground; Place kick a kick made when the ball is lying on the ground.
Editor: Stanton
Examples
- Every time I attempted to start, my new horse would commence to kick. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- First of a' he must go raging like a mad fool, and kick up yon riot. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- Sowerberry had not yet returned, and Oliver continued to kick, with undiminished vigour, at the cellar-door. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- He's a fine place-kick, it's true, but then he has no judgment, and he can't sprint for nuts. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Here the boys called out that Mas'r Haley was coming, and then an unceremonious kick pushed open the door. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- I am as obstinate as one, I am more stupid than one, I get as much pleasure as one, and I should like to kick like one. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- Mayn't I kick him out o' the gate, Sir? Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- That instant the new horse kicked, and started to run once more. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- I have an abominable temper, and should be kicked for saying such a thing in my own house. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Without noticing either of us he went up to the stove and kicked it over. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- At all events, Tom kicked the very tall man out at the front door half an hour later, and married the widow a month after. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- But I have been kicked and cuffed and sworn at, and at the best only let alone; and what do I owe? Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- I, the miserable and the abandoned, am an abortion, to be spurned at, and kicked, and trampled on. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- Legree kicked the boy, and swore at him; but George, without saying another word, turned and strode to the spot. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- She rose and held up the child kicking and crowing in her arMs. Do you know who this is, Walter? Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- I asked you if you had ever known a man who had tried to disable himself by kicking himself in the scrotum. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- No use; nothing but queer chairs danced before his eyes, kicking up their legs, jumping over each other's backs, and playing all kinds of antics. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- I will let you off the kicking, replied Crispin, recovering his good-humor. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- How she rode that kicking mare at Queen's Crawley! William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- He called kicking a footman downstairs a hint to the latter to leave his service. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Do you think I mean to forget your kicking me when I was a lad, and eating all the best victual away from me and my mother? George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Elliston, still smarting with the knocks, kicks and scratches he had got in his scuffle with the obstinate coachman, was not in a very gentle humour. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Plato said that Aristotle reacted against his instructo r as a vigorous colt kicks the mother that nourishes it. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- I rushed towards it and pulled at the handle, but it was quite secure, and did not give in the least to my kicks and shoves. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
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