Meaning of kick in English | Powered by Free Dictionary API

noun

• A hit or strike with the leg, foot or knee.

  Example: A kick to the knee.

• The action of swinging a foot or leg.

  Example: The ballerina did a high kick and a leap.

• Something that tickles the fancy; something fun or amusing.

  Example: I finally saw the show. What a kick!

• The removal of a person from an online activity.

• Any bucking motion of an object that lacks legs or feet.

  Example: The car had a nasty kick the whole way.

• Piquancy.

• A stimulation provided by an intoxicating substance.

• A pass played by kicking with the foot.

• The distance traveled by kicking the ball.

  Example: a long kick up the field.

• A recoil of a gun.

• Pocket.

• An increase in speed in the final part of a running race.

verb

• To strike or hit with the foot or other extremity of the leg.

  Example: Did you kick your brother?

• To make a sharp jerking movement of the leg, as to strike something.

  Example: He enjoyed the simple pleasure of watching the kickline kick.

• To direct to a particular place by a blow with the foot or leg.

  Example: Kick the ball into the goal.

• (with "off" or "out") To eject summarily.

• To forcibly remove a participant from an online activity.

  Example: He was kicked by ChanServ for flooding.

• To overcome (a bothersome or difficult issue or obstacle); to free oneself of (a problem).

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

• To move or push suddenly and violently.

  Example: He was kicked sideways by the force of the blast.

• (of a firearm) To recoil; to push by recoiling.

• To attack (a piece) in order to force it to move.

• To accelerate quickly with a few pedal strokes in an effort to break away from other riders.

  Example: Contador kicks again to try to rid himself of Rasmussen.

• To show opposition or resistance.

• To work a press by impact of the foot on a treadle.

noun

• One who kicks.

• One who takes kicks.

• The kicking strap.

• An outboard motor.

• An unexpected situation, detail or circumstance, often unpleasant.

  Example: John wants to climb the wall, but the kicker is that it is thirty feet tall.

• An enticement for investors, e.g. warranty added to the investment contract.

• An unpaired card which is part of a pair, two pair, or three of a kind poker hand.

  Example: Jill's hand was two pair, aces and sevens, with a king kicker.

• Small text above a headline that indicates the topic of the story.

• The last one or two paragraphs of a story.

• A lighthearted or humorous item used to round off a news broadcast.

• A device that periodically displaces a newspaper from the print production line, to aid in gathering the newspapers into fixed-size bundles.

• A launch ramp.

• The fermenting mass of fruit that is the basis of pruno, or "prison wine".

• A relaxed party.

• A backlight positioned at an angle.

noun

• A particular type of Texan who is associated with country/western attire, attitudes and/or philosophy.

noun

• An introduction; something that leads into the beginning of something.

  Example: After the long lead-in, the climax of the story was a disappointment.

• A region of data at the beginning of a compact disc, holding the table of contents.

• A short phrase that begins the caption of a photograph.

verb

• To die.