English
Pronunciation
Verb
kick ass (third-person singular simple present kicks ass, present participle kicking ass, simple past and past participle kicked ass)
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- (idiomatic, US, Canada, colloquial) To win decisively.
- Did you win? We didn't just win, we kicked ass.
- (idiomatic, US, Canada, colloquial) To be very impressive.
- The soundtrack to this film really kicks ass!
- (informal, transitive, intransitive) To beat to a pulp; beat up
- 1988, Roddy Piper, as "John Nada", They Live.
I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass. And I'm all out of bubblegum.
Synonyms
Translations
to be very impressive
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 厲害／厉害 (zh) (lìhài), 厉害 (zh) (lìhài, lìhai), 牛屄 (zh) (niúbī) (vulgar)
- Finnish: piestä (fi), löylyttää (fi)
- French: déchirer (fr), cartonner (fr)
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- Italian: spaccare (it)
- Japanese: すごい (ja) (sugoi), すさまじい (ja) (susamajii), ものすごい (monosugoi)
- Korean: 대단한 (ko) (daedanhan)
- Russian: показа́ть, на что ты спосо́бен/спосо́бна pf (pokazátʹ, na što ty sposóben/sposóbna) (male/female), впечатли́ть (ru) pf (vpečatlítʹ) (to impress), рули́ть (ru) impf (rulítʹ) (slang, "to rule, to rudder"), зажига́ть (ru) impf (zažigátʹ) (slang, "to fire up"), быть кла́ссным impf (bytʹ klássnym), быть охуи́тельным impf (bytʹ oxuítelʹnym) (vulgar), быть охуе́нным impf (bytʹ oxujénnym) (vulgar), быть невъебе́нным impf (bytʹ nevʺjebénnym) (vulgar)
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to beat someone at something
- Finnish: voittaa (fi), päihittää (fi)
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- Russian: победи́ть (ru) pf (pobedítʹ), поби́ть (ru) (pobítʹ), надра́ть за́дницу pf (nadrátʹ zádnicu), наваля́ть (ru) pf (navaljátʹ), отлупи́ть (ru) pf (otlupítʹ), дать дрозда́ pf (datʹ drozdá), отдуба́сить (ru) pf (otdubásitʹ), дать пизды́ pf (datʹ pizdý) (vulgar), дать пиздюле́й pf (datʹ pizdjuléj) (vulgar), наве́шать пиздюле́й pf (navéšatʹ pizdjuléj) (vulgar), вы́ебать (ru) pf (výjebatʹ) (vulgar), отхуя́рить (ru) pf (otxujáritʹ) (vulgar), отхуя́чить (ru) pf (otxujáčitʹ) (vulgar), отпи́здить (ru) pf (otpízditʹ) (vulgar)
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to beat someone in a fight
- Azerbaijani: götbaş eləmək (vulgar)
- Finnish: piestä (fi), löylyttää (fi)
- Polish: zwyciężyć (pl) pf, pobić (pl) pf, dać popalić pf, zbić (pl) pf, spuścić wpierdol pf, wpierdolić pf (vulgar), spuścić manto (pl) pf, wpieprzyć pf, rozjebać (pl) pf (vulgar), wjebać pf (vulgar), załatwić (pl) pf, zmiażdżyć (pl) pf, rozłożyć na łopatki pf, powalić (pl) pf, znokautować pf, skopać dupę pf (vulgar), roznieść pf, skasować (pl) pf (slang), dać w ryj pf (rude), rozgromić (pl) pf, rozwalić (pl) pf, przemóc pf (literally), zetrzeć (pl) pf, zmóc pf (literally), złoić pf (literally), dać łupnia pf, spuścić łomot pf
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- Russian: поби́ть (ru) (pobítʹ), наваля́ть (ru) pf (navaljátʹ), наве́шать (ru) pf (navéšatʹ), зада́ть жа́ру pf (zadátʹ žáru), надра́ть за́дницу pf (nadrátʹ zádnicu), поколоти́ть (ru) pf (pokolotítʹ), отлупи́ть (ru) pf (otlupítʹ), отдуба́сить (ru) pf (otdubásitʹ), дать дрозда́ pf (datʹ drozdá), дать пизды́ pf (datʹ pizdý) (vulgar), дать пиздюле́й pf (datʹ pizdjuléj) (vulgar), наве́шать пиздюле́й pf (navéšatʹ pizdjuléj) (vulgar), вы́ебать (ru) pf (výjebatʹ) (vulgar), отхуя́рить (ru) pf (otxujáritʹ) (vulgar), отхуя́чить (ru) pf (otxujáčitʹ) (vulgar), отпи́здить (ru) pf (otpízditʹ) (vulgar)
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Interjection
kick ass
- (slang) Used to express happiness or a feeling of accomplishment.
- Kick ass! I just got my friend to stop playing that stupid song!
