kick ass
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[edit]- (US) IPA(key): /kɪk æs/, [kʰɪk æs]
Audio (General Australian): (file)
Verb
[edit]kick ass (third-person singular simple present kicks ass, present participle kicking ass, simple past and past participle kicked ass)
- (idiomatic, US, Canada, colloquial, vulgar) To win decisively.
- Synonym: kick butt
- Did you win? We didn't just win, we kicked ass.
- (stative, idiomatic, US, Canada, colloquial, vulgar) To be very impressive.
- Synonyms: rock, rule; see also Thesaurus:excel
- The soundtrack to this film really kicks ass!
- (informal, vulgar, ambitransitive) To beat to a pulp; beat up
- Synonyms: kick butt, put foot to ass
- 1988, Roddy Piper, “John Nada”, in They Live:
- I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass. And I'm all out of bubblegum.
- 2004 November 9, Bungie, Halo 2, spoken by Chips Dubbo (Andrew McKaige), Microsoft Game Studios, Xbox, level/area: Delta Halo:
- Whoa... it's like a postcard! 'Dear Sarge: kicking ass in outer space, wish you were here.'
Usage notes
[edit]- This is an Americanism but it is used in British and Australian English too.
Derived terms
[edit]- kick-assery
- kick (shortening)
Translations
[edit]to be very impressive
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to beat someone at something
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to beat someone in a fight
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Interjection
[edit]- (sometimes vulgar, slang) Used to express happiness or a feeling of accomplishment.
- Kick ass! I just got my friend to stop playing that stupid song!
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