kick
kick
kÉĒk
kik
/kÉĒk/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "kick"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āĻĒāĻž āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āφāϘāĻžāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϞāĻžāĻĨāĻŋ āĻŽāĻžāϰāĻž

to hit a thing or person with the foot
Transitive: to kick sth
to kick definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The martial artist is kicking the target pads in the dojo.
āĻŽāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻļāĻžāϞ āφāĻ°ā§āϟāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āϟ āĻĄā§‹āĻœā§‹āϤ⧇ āϟāĻžāĻ°ā§āϗ⧇āϟ āĻĒā§āϝāĻžāĻĄā§‡ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ• āĻŽāĻžāϰāϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻĒāĻž āĻŽāĻžāϰāĻž, āĻ•āĻŋāĻ• āĻŽāĻžāϰāĻž

to strike something such as a ball with your foot, particularly in sports like soccer
Transitive: to kick a ball
to kick definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
I need to improve how I kick the ball in windy conditions.
āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻŦāĻžāϤāĻžāϏ⧇āϰ āĻ…āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻŦāϞāϟāĻŋ āϕ⧀āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻŽāĻžāϰāĻž āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧ āϤāĻž āωāĻ¨ā§āύāϤ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻšāĻŦ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻœā§‹āϰāĻžāϞ⧋āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāϰ⧋āϧāĻŋāϤāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻ…āĻ­āĻŋāϝ⧋āĻ— āĻ•āϰāĻž

to strongly oppose or complain about something
Intransitive: to kick | to kick against sth
to kick definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The students kicked against the school's new dress code, arguing it was too strict.
āĻ›āĻžāĻ¤ā§āϰāϰāĻž āĻ¸ā§āϕ⧁āϞ⧇āϰ āύāϤ⧁āύ āĻĄā§āϰ⧇āϏ āϕ⧋āĻĄā§‡āϰ āĻŦāĻŋāϰ⧁āĻĻā§āϧ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāĻĻ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ, āϝ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϝ⧇ āĻāϟāĻŋ āϖ⧁āĻŦ āĻ•āĻ ā§‹āϰ āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻĒāĻž āĻŽāĻžāϰāĻž, āϞāĻžāĻĨāĻŋ āĻŽāĻžāϰāĻž

to move your legs in a forceful or rapid motion
Transitive: to kick one's legs
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The dog kicked its legs in the air, trying to shake off the water.
āϕ⧁āϕ⧁āϰāϟāĻŋ āĻŦāĻžāϤāĻžāϏ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĒāĻž āĻŽā§‡āϰ⧇āϛ⧇, āϜāϞ āĻā§‡āĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āĻĢ⧇āϞāĻžāϰ āĻšā§‡āĻˇā§āϟāĻž āĻ•āϰāϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻ—ā§‹āϞ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻĒ⧇āϟāĻž

(in sports such as soccer) to score a goal by kicking the ball
Transitive: to kick a goal
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She kicked the decisive goal in the final minute, clinching the championship.
āϏ⧇ āĻļ⧇āώ āĻŽāĻŋāύāĻŋāĻŸā§‡ āϏāĻŋāĻĻā§āϧāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤāĻŽā§‚āϞāĻ• āĻ—ā§‹āϞ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇, āĻšā§āϝāĻžāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻŋāϝāĻŧāύāĻļāĻŋāĻĒ āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻŽā§āĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ āĻĒāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻ…āϤāĻŋāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŽ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to overcome a problem, obstacle, or habit
Transitive: to kick a habit or addiction
Slang
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She finally kicked her procrastination and finished the project.
āϏ⧇ āĻ…āĻŦāĻļ⧇āώ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻ—āĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāĻŽāϏāĻŋ āĻ•āĻžāϟāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āωāϠ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•āĻ˛ā§āĻĒāϟāĻŋ āĻļ⧇āώ āĻ•āϰāϞāĨ¤
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āϞāĻžāĻĨāĻŋ, āĻĒāĻžāϝāĻŧ⧇āϰ āφāϘāĻžāϤ

the act of delivering a blow with the foot
kick definition and meaning
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āĻ¸ā§āĻĒā§‹āĻ°ā§āϟāϏ āϜ⧁āϤ⧋, āĻ¸ā§āύāĻŋāĻ•āĻžāϰ

a soft shoe that is worn casually or during exercise
Dialectamerican flagAmerican
kick definition and meaning
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āĻ•āĻŋāĻ•, āϠ⧇āϞāĻž

a rhythmic thrusting movement of the legs as in swimming or calisthenics
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āĻšāĻ āĻžā§Ž āωāĻĻā§āĻĻā§€āĻĒāύāĻž, āĻļāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāϰ āĻāĻžāρāϕ⧁āύāĻŋ

the sudden stimulation provided by strong drink (or certain drugs)
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āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¤ā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻžāύ, āφāĻĒāĻ¤ā§āϤāĻŋ

informal terms for objecting
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āĻĒāĻŋāĻ›āύ⧇āϰ āĻĻāĻŋāϕ⧇ āĻāĻžāρāϕ⧁āύāĻŋ, āϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āϚāĻžāϞāĻžāύ⧋āϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻĻ⧁āϕ⧇āϰ āĻāĻžāρāϕ⧁āύāĻŋ

the backward jerk of a gun when it is fired
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āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧇āϜāύāĻž, āϤ⧀āĻŦā§āϰ āφāύāĻ¨ā§āĻĻ

a strong feeling of enjoyment, excitement, or thrill derived from an activity or experience
Humorous
Informal
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
I love going to concerts — there 's just something about the energy that gives me a kick.
āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻ•āύāϏāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻŸā§‡ āϝ⧇āϤ⧇ āĻ­āĻžāϞ⧋āĻŦāĻžāϏāĻŋ—āϏ⧇āĻ–āĻžāύ⧇ āĻļāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻāĻŽāύ āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁ āφāϛ⧇ āϝāĻž āφāĻŽāĻžāϕ⧇ āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧇āϜāύāĻž āĻĻ⧇āϝāĻŧāĨ¤
to kick oneself
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to feel regret or disappointment in oneself for a past mistake or missed opportunity

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
I kick myself every time I think about how I missed that job interview.

āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ• āĻ—āĻžāĻ›

kicker
kick
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āύāĻŋāĻ•āϟāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤ⧀ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
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āĻ…ā§āϝāĻžāĻĒ āĻĄāĻžāωāύāϞ⧋āĻĄ āĻ•āϰ⧁āύ