kick

English Online Dictionary. What means kick‎? What does kick mean?

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: kĭk, IPA^(key): /kɪk/, [kʰɪk]
• Rhymes: -ɪk

Etymology 1

From Middle English kyken (“to strike out with the foot”), from Old Norse kikna (“to sink at the knees”) and keikja (“to bend backwards”) (compare Old Norse keikr (“bent backwards, the belly jutting forward”)), from Proto-Germanic *kaikaz (“bent backwards”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Proto-Germanic *kī-, *kij- (“to split, dodge, swerve sidewards”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵeyH- (“to sprout, shoot”). Compare also Dutch kijken (“to look”), Middle Low German kīken (“to look, watch”). See keek.

Verb

kick (third-person singular simple present kicks, present participle kicking, simple past and past participle kicked)

1. (transitive) To strike or hit with the foot or other extremity of the leg.

   Did you kick your brother?

   • 1895, George MacDonald, Lilith, Chapter XII: Friends and Foes,

     I was cuffed by the women and kicked by the men because I would not swallow it.
2. (intransitive) To make a sharp jerking movement of the leg, as to strike something.
   • 1904, Stratemeyer Syndicate, The Bobbsey Twins, Chapter II: Rope Jumping, and What Followed,

     "If you did that, I'd kick," answered Freddie, and began to kick real hard into the air.

3. (transitive) To direct to a particular place by a blow with the foot or leg.

   Kick the ball into the goal.
4. (with "off" or "out") To eject summarily.
5. (intransitive, Internet) To forcibly remove a participant from an online activity.

   He was kicked from the IRC server for flooding.

6. (transitive, slang) To overcome (a bothersome or difficult issue or obstacle); to free oneself of (a problem).

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

7. To move or push suddenly and violently.

   He was kicked sideways by the force of the blast.
8. (of a firearm) To recoil; to push by recoiling.
9. (chess, transitive) To attack (a piece) in order to force it to move.
10. (intransitive, cycling) To accelerate quickly with a few pedal strokes in an effort to break away from other riders.

    Contador kicks again to try to rid himself of Rasmussen.

11. (intransitive) To show opposition or resistance.
12. (printing, historical) To work a press by impact of the foot on a treadle.
13. (computing, transitive) To reset (a watchdog timer).
15. (reflexive, informal) To reproach oneself for making a mistake or missing an opportunity.

    Synonyms: beat oneself up, live to regret

Conjugation

Descendants

• → German: kicken
• → Welsh: cicio

Translations

Noun

kick (plural kicks)

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

   Synonym: calcation (rare)
2. The action of swinging a foot or leg.

3. (colloquial) Something that tickles the fancy; something fun or amusing; a pleasure; a thrill.

   get a kick out of; get one's kicks
4. (Internet) The removal of a person from an online activity.
5. (figuratively) Any bucking motion of an object that lacks legs or feet.

6. (uncountable and countable) A pungent or spicy flavour; piquancy.
   • 2002, Ellen and Michael Albertson, Temptations, Fireside, →ISBN, page 124 [6]:

     Add a little cascabel pepper to ordinary tomato sauce to give it a kick.
7. A stimulation provided by an intoxicating substance.
8. (soccer) A pass played by kicking with the foot.
9. (soccer) The distance traveled by kicking the ball.

10. The recoil of a gun.
11. (informal) A pocket.
12. An increase in speed in the final part of a running race.
13. (film, television) Synonym of kicker (“backlight positioned at an angle”)
14. (UK, historical, dated, colloquial) Sixpence.
15. (colloquial) A shoe.

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:kick.

Descendants

• → German: Kick
• → Irish: cic

Translations

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Shortening of kick the bucket.

Verb

kick (third-person singular simple present kicks, present participle kicking, simple past and past participle kicked)

1. (intransitive) To die.

Etymology 3

Shortening of kick ass

Verb

kick (third-person singular simple present kicks, present participle kicking, simple past and past participle kicked)

1. (slang, intransitive) To be emphatically excellent.

   That band really kicks.

References

“kick”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Chinese

Etymology

Romanisation of 撠 (kik¹, “to stumble; to trip over”), influenced by spelling of English kick. Not related to English kick semantically.

Pronunciation

Verb

kick

1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) Alternative form of 撠 (kik¹, “to stumble; to trip over”)
   • For quotations using this term, see Citations:kick.

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɪk/
• Rhymes: -ɪk

Etymology 1

Borrowing from English kick.

Noun

kick m (plural kicks)

1. kick, thrill (something that excites or gives pleasure)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

kick

1. inflection of kicken:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. imperative

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kɪk]
• Rhymes: -ɪk

Verb

kick

1. singular imperative of kicken
2. (colloquial) first-person singular present of kicken