A kick is a quick movement with your foot to push something away or forward.
You use the word 'kick' all the time in everyday conversations! When you're watching football, you might yell at the TV because someone just got kicked by an opponent. But that's not the only way to use this word - you can also kick a ball around with friends in a park, or even just give something a gentle nudge with your foot, like kicking a stone out of your path. It's a pretty common action, and it's easy to talk about without thinking too much about it.
How common is "kick"?
Word kick is considered common in modern English. It has a balanced usage among all categories: speech, fiction, newspapers and academic texts.
Definitions
noun
A hit or strike with the leg, foot or knee.
Example: A kick to the knee.
The action of swinging a foot or leg.
Example: The ballerina did a high kick and a leap.
Something that tickles the fancy; something fun or amusing.
Example: 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.
Example: 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.
Example: a long kick up the field.
A recoil of a gun.
Pocket.
An increase in speed in the final part of a running race.
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verb
To strike or hit with the foot or other extremity of the leg.
Example: Did you kick your brother?
To make a sharp jerking movement of the leg, as to strike something.
Example: He enjoyed the simple pleasure of watching the kickline kick.
To direct to a particular place by a blow with the foot or leg.
Example: Kick the ball into the goal.
(with "off" or "out") To eject summarily.
To forcibly remove a participant from an online activity.
Example: He was kicked by ChanServ for flooding.
To overcome (a bothersome or difficult issue or obstacle); to free oneself of (a problem).
Example: I still smoke, but they keep telling me to kick the habit.
To move or push suddenly and violently.
Example: 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.
Example: 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.
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noun
One who kicks.
One who takes kicks.
The kicking strap.
An outboard motor.
An unexpected situation, detail or circumstance, often unpleasant.
Example: 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.
Example: 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.
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kickbackmotor
noun
A particular type of Texan who is associated with country/western attire, attitudes and/or philosophy.
noun
An introduction; something that leads into the beginning of something.
Example: 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.
