Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | English word KICK

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Definitions of KICK

1. To move or push suddenly and violently.
2. A hit or strike with the leg, foot or knee.
3. The action of swinging a foot or leg.
4. A stimulation provided by an intoxicating substance.
5. An increase in speed in the final part of a running race.
6. The recoil of a gun.
7. (transitive) To strike or hit with the foot or other extremity of the leg.
8. (intransitive) To make a sharp jerking movement of the leg, as to strike something.
9. (transitive) To direct to a particular place by a blow with the foot or leg.
10. (with "off" or "out") To eject summarily.
11. (intransitive, Internet) To forcibly remove a participant from an online activity.
12. (transitive, slang) To overcome (a bothersome or difficult issue or obstacle); to free oneself of (a problem).
13. (of a firearm) To recoil; to push by recoiling.
14. (chess, transitive) To attack (a piece) in order to force it to move.
15. (intransitive, cycling) To accelerate quickly with a few pedal strokes in an effort to break away from other riders.
16. (intransitive) To show opposition or resistance.
17. (printing, historical) To work a press by impact of the foot on a treadle.
18. (computing, transitive) To reset (a watchdog timer).
19. (reflexive, informal) To reproach oneself for making a mistake or missing an opportunity.
20. (colloquial) Something that tickles the fancy; something fun or amusing.
21. (Internet) The removal of a person from an online activity.
22. (figuratively) Any bucking motion of an object that lacks legs or feet.
23. (uncountable and countable) Piquancy.
24. (soccer) A pass played by kicking with the foot.
25. (soccer) The distance traveled by kicking the ball.
26. (informal) A pocket.
27. (film, television) Synonym of kicker
28. (Britain, historical, dated, colloquial) Sixpence.
29. (intransitive) To die.
30. (slang, intransitive) To be emphatically excellent.

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Examples of Using KICK in a Sentence

• It typically employs heavily distorted and low-tuned guitars, played with techniques such as palm muting and tremolo picking; deep growling vocals; aggressive, powerful drumming, featuring double kick and blast beat techniques; minor keys or atonality; abrupt tempo, key, and time signature changes; and chromatic chord progressions.
• Known for his hedonistic lifestyle of "sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll", Brood was an enfant terrible and a cultural figure whose suicide by jumping from a hotel roof, apparently influenced by a failure to kick his drug and alcohol habit, strengthened his controversial status; according to a poll organised to celebrate fifty years of Dutch popular music, it was the most significant event in its history.
• A kick is a physical strike using the leg, in unison usually with an area of the knee or lower using the foot, heel, tibia (shin), ball of the foot, blade of the foot, toes or knee (the latter is also known as a knee strike).
• Her debut album The Kick Inside was released that year, reaching number three on the UK Albums Chart.
• His novels, mostly ultra objective, deadpan accounts of characters in extreme states of mind, include The Goalie's Anxiety at the Penalty Kick (1970) and The Left-Handed Woman (1976).
• Drift (motorsport), the controlled sliding of a vehicle through a sharp turn, either via over-steering with sudden sharp braking, or counter-steering with a sudden "clutch kick" acceleration.
• A game consists mainly of the players swimming to move about the pool, treading water (mainly using the eggbeater kick), passing the ball, and shooting at the goal.
• It does not form part of the penalty area and is only of relevance during the taking of a penalty kick, when any players inside the arc are adjudged to be encroaching.
• Approximately an hour before the Juventus–Liverpool final was due to kick off, incidents of aggression between the two sets of supporters were taking place across the flimsy divide between the Liverpool section and what was intended to have been the "neutral" section, populated by those who had purchased tickets in Belgium.
• Kick Start (TV series), a UK television series on motor bike competitions, and a spinoff computer game.
• Merman introduced many Broadway standards, including "I Got Rhythm" from Girl Crazy, "Everything's Coming Up Roses", "Some People" and "Rose's Turn" from Gypsy, and the Cole Porter songs "It's De-Lovely" (from Red, Hot and Blue), "Friendship" (from Du Barry Was a Lady), and "I Get a Kick Out of You", "You're the Top", and "Anything Goes" (from Anything Goes).
• Every December, the community gathers together to kick off the holiday season with a parade down Main Street, hosted by the Lamont Chamber of Commerce.
• It’s fenced in beside the fire department and is in a fairly good spot to be used for any correlation to baseball, softball, kick ball or whatever you choose to play.
• The festivities kick off in full force on Monday with a midway full of food, games, amusement rides (courtesy of Poor Jack Amusements in Milton, Indiana), vendors, and entertainment.
• Major celebrations in Junction include the Billie Sale and Parade held in August, and the annual Kimble Kow Kick, which takes place in September.
• The band's first three albums are regarded by many as staples of rock music, and their 1969 song "Kick Out the Jams" is widely covered.
• Mopeds, electric bicycles, and even electric kick scooters are a simple form of a hybrid, powered by an internal combustion engine or electric motor and the rider's muscles.
• Noted for his speed, power, fast single-footed kick drumming, distinctive sound, and feel for groove, he is regarded as one of the greatest and most influential drummers in history.
• The extent to which a phrase is thought idiomatic is a matter of degree and native speakers of English consider a phrase like "pop the question" (proposing marriage) to be less idiomatic than "kick the bucket".
• The band achieved international success in the mid-to-late 1980s and early 1990s with the hit albums Listen Like Thieves, Kick, and X, and the singles "What You Need", "Need You Tonight" (the band's only US number-one single), "Devil Inside", "Never Tear Us Apart", "Suicide Blonde" and "New Sensation".
• The game uses an active block system performed by pressing the block button, and a combat system based on the three attack buttons: horizontal attack, vertical attack, and kick.
• For example, the Records of the Grand Historian records a speech made during the reign of King Xuan of Qi (reigned 319–301 BCE) that claims that the capital city of Linzi was so wealthy that its citizens were all able to indulge in activities such as playing musical instruments, cockfighting, dog racing, playing liubo and playing kick ball.
• Considered as possibly the most versatile player in Canadian football history as a triple-threat to pass, run, and kick, he was one of Canada's greatest athletes and also famously known as a "Gold Dust Twin" for his teamwork with Royal Copeland.
• Xootr (pronounced "zoo-ter") is an American manufacturer of folding kick scooters and was formerly a seller of folding bicycles.
• Employing a distinctive batting stance with a high leg kick, Strawberry rose through the Mets system and reached the major league level in 1983, posting 26 home runs, 7 triples, and 74 runs batted in, while hitting for a.

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