- kick, boot, kicking - the act of delivering a blow with the foot; "he gave the ball a powerful kick"; "the team's kicking was excellent"
--1 is a kind of blow
--1 has particulars:goal-kick; goal-kick; punt, punting; place kick, place-kicking; dropkick Derived forms: verb kick3, verb kick1 - bang, boot, charge, rush, flush, thrill, kick - the swift release of a store of affective force; "they got a great bang out of it"; "what a boot!"; "he got a quick rush from injecting heroin"; "he does it for kicks"
--2 is a kind of exhilaration, excitement
- recoil, kick - the backward jerk of a gun when it is fired
--3 is a kind of movement, motion
Derived form: verb kick5 - gripe, kick, beef, bitch, squawk - informal terms for objecting; "I have a gripe about the service here"
--4 is a kind of objection
Derived form: verb kick8 - kick - the sudden stimulation provided by strong drink (or certain drugs); "a sidecar is a smooth drink but it has a powerful kick"
--5 is a kind of stimulation, stimulus, stimulant, input
- kick, kicking - 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"
--6 is a kind of motion, movement, move, motility
--6 has particulars: swimming kickDerived form: verb kick2 - kick, kicking - 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"
- kick - drive or propel with the foot
--1 is one way to propel, impel
Sample sentences:Derived forms: noun kick1, noun kicker1, noun kicking2
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
- kick - thrash about or strike out with the feet
--2 is one way to move
Sample sentences:Derived form: noun kick6
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
- kick - strike with the foot; "The boy kicked the dog"; "Kick the door down"
--3 is one way to hit
Sample sentence:Derived forms: noun kick1, noun kicking2
They want to kick the prisoners
- kick - kick a leg up
--4 is one way to dance, trip the light fantastic, trip the light fantastic toe
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s
- kick back, recoil, kick - spring back, as from a forceful thrust; "The gun kicked back into my shoulder"
--5 is one way to bounce, resile, take a hop, spring, bound, rebound, recoil, reverberate, ricochet
Sample sentence:Derived form: noun kick3
Something ----s
- kick - stop consuming; "kick a habit"
--6 is one way to forgo, give up
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s VERB-ing
- kick - make a goal; "He kicked the extra point after touchdown"
--7 is one way to score, hit, tally, rack up
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- complain, kick, plain, sound off, quetch, kvetch - express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness; "My mother complains all day"; "She has a lot to kick about"
Sample sentences:Derived form: noun kick4
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
- kick back, recoil, kick - spring back, as from a forceful thrust; "The gun kicked back into my shoulder"