Free TranslationFree Translation
Synonyms, antonyms, pronunciation

  Home
English Dictionary      examples: 'day', 'get rid of', 'New York Bay'




Kick   /kɪk/   Listen
Kick

noun
1.
The act of delivering a blow with the foot.  Synonyms: boot, kicking.  "The team's kicking was excellent"
2.
The swift release of a store of affective force.  Synonyms: bang, boot, charge, flush, rush, thrill.  "What a boot!" , "He got a quick rush from injecting heroin" , "He does it for kicks"
3.
The backward jerk of a gun when it is fired.  Synonym: recoil.
4.
Informal terms for objecting.  Synonyms: beef, bitch, gripe, squawk.
5.
The sudden stimulation provided by strong drink (or certain drugs).
6.
A rhythmic thrusting movement of the legs as in swimming or calisthenics.  Synonym: kicking.  "The swimmer's kicking left a wake behind him"
verb
(past & past part. kicked; pres. part. kicking)
1.
Drive or propel with the foot.
2.
Thrash about or strike out with the feet.
3.
Strike with the foot.  "Kick the door down"
4.
Kick a leg up.
5.
Spring back, as from a forceful thrust.  Synonyms: kick back, recoil.
6.
Stop consuming.  Synonym: give up.  "Give up alcohol"
7.
Make a goal.
8.
Express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness.  Synonyms: complain, kvetch, plain, quetch, sound off.  "She has a lot to kick about"  Antonym: cheer.



Related searches:



WordNet 3.0 © 2010 Princeton University








Advanced search
     Find words:
Starting with
Ending with
Containing
Matching a pattern  

Synonyms
Antonyms
Quotes
Words linked to  

only single words



Share |





"Kick" Quotes from Famous Books



... my English apprehension, naturally connected itself with notions of damp and desolation, and I again sighed inwardly for the Gran Bretagna. Impatient at the delay of the key, my noble host, with one of his humorous maledictions, gave a vigorous kick to the door and burst it open; on which we at once entered into an apartment not only spacious and elegant, but wearing an aspect of comfort and habitableness which to a traveller's eye is as welcome as it is rare. "Here," he said, in a voice whose every ...
— Life of Lord Byron, Vol. IV - With His Letters and Journals • Thomas Moore

... wrath, Scraggs aimed a kick at the poor pup, which, had it taken effect, would certainly have terminated the innocent existence of that remarkable dog on the spot; but quick as lightning Henri interposed the butt of his rifle, and Jim's shin met it with a violence that caused him to howl ...
— The Dog Crusoe and His Master - A Story of Adventure in the Western Prairies • Robert Michael Ballantyne

... one on it," he answered; then giving my shoulder a slap that felt like the kick of a mule, ...
— Wings of the Wind • Credo Harris

... so it will doubtless be found that there is no savage who has not some word to express illusion; or whose language does not prove that he knows dreams are but dreams. We may well doubt if even animals on waking are affected by their dreams as by realities, or if a dog ever bit a man for a kick received in a dream. In short the dream-theory of souls is plausible only in the gross, but melts away under closer ...
— The Faith of the Millions (2nd series) • George Tyrrell

... gravely—behind Sir Isaac, Darrell's own doe, led patiently by Sophy, yes, lending its faithless neck to that female criminal's destroying hand. He could not bear that sight, which added insult to injury. He scrambled up—darted a kick at Sir Isaac—snatched the doe from the girl's hand, and looked her in the face (her—not Sophy, but the doe) with a reproach that, if the brute had not been lost to all sense of shame, would have ...
— What Will He Do With It, Complete • Edward Bulwer-Lytton


More quotes...



Copyright © 2025 e-Free Translation.com