kick

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Verb 1.2.1 Translations 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Translations 1.4 Adjective 1.5 Derived terms

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[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈkɪk/
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  Rhymes: -ɪk

[edit] Verb

to kick (third-person singular simple present kicks, present participle kicking, simple past and past participle kicked)

1. To strike or hit with, or raise one's foot or leg.

   Did you kick your brother?

   He enjoyed the simple pleasure of watching the kickline kick.

2. (transitive) To direct to a particular place by a blow with the foot or leg.

   Kick the ball into the goal.

3. (Internet) To remove a participant from an online activity.

   He was kicked by ChanServ for flooding.

4. (slang) To manage defeat against a bothersome or difficult issue or obstacle.

   By taking that medication, he managed to get his triggered phobia of heights kicked.

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

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kick (plural kicks)

1. A hit or strike with the leg or foot or knee.

   A kick to the knee.

2. The action of swinging a foot or leg.

   The ballerina did a high kick and a leap.

3. (colloquial) Something that tickles the fancy; something fun or amusing.

   I finally saw the show. What a kick!

   I think I sprained something on my latest exercise kick.

4. (Internet) The removal of a person from an online activity.
5. (figuratively) Any bucking motion of an object that lacks legs or feet.

   The car had a nasty kick the whole way.

   The pool ball took a wild kick, up off the table.

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kick (not comparable)

1. (music, in drumming) Pertaining to the foot, activated by a pedal, usually where a hit is caused by a pedal, as in kick-drum, double-kick, etc..

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