kick
Part of speech: verb
Morphological type: simple
Topics: board-games
chess
computing
cycling
engineering
games
hobbies
lifestyle
mathematics
media
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
printing
publishing
sciences
sports
Etymology: 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.
Inflected forms:
form: kicks
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: kicking
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: kicked
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: kicked
pos: verb
tags: past
form: no-table-tags
pos: verb
tags: table-tags
form: glossary
pos: verb
tags: inflection-template
form: kick
pos: verb
tags: infinitive
form: kick
pos: verb
tags: first-person
present
singular
form: kicked
pos: verb
tags: first-person
past
singular
form: kick
pos: verb
tags: present
second-person
singular
form: kickest
pos: verb
tags: archaic
present
second-person
singular
form: kicked
pos: verb
tags: past
second-person
singular
form: kickedst
pos: verb
tags: archaic
past
second-person
singular
form: kicks
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: kicketh
pos: verb
tags: archaic
present
singular
third-person
form: kicked
pos: verb
tags: past
singular
third-person
form: kick
pos: verb
tags: plural
present
form: kicked
pos: verb
tags: past
plural
form: kick
pos: verb
tags: present
subjunctive
form: kicked
pos: verb
tags: past
subjunctive
form: kick
pos: verb
tags: imperative
present
form: -
pos: verb
tags: imperative
past
form: kicking
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: kicked
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
Senses:
gloss: To strike or hit with the foot or other extremity of the leg.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: 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.
A punt is made by letting the ball drop from the hands and kicking it just before it touches the ground.
Will Henderson, who had on a light overcoat and no overshoes, kicked the heel of his left foot with the toe of the right.
Or to put it in the more colourful language of our Prime Minister: "The secret to improving rail transport, in my view, is you need to find the right arse to kick." Unfortunately, since the abolition of the Strategic Rail Authority (SRA) in 2005, the DfT has ostensibly been in direct control of railway policy setting, and this has meant that the only arse the government has been able to kick is its own.
gloss: To make a sharp jerking movement of the leg, as to strike something.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: He enjoyed the simple pleasure of watching the kickline kick.
Sometimes we had rather rough play, for they would frequently bite and kick as well as gallop.
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.
gloss: To direct to a particular place by a blow with the foot or leg.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: Kick the ball into the goal.
Sometimes he can kick the ball forward along the ground until it is kicked in goal, where he can fall on it for a touchdown.
gloss: To eject summarily.
pos: verb
examples: "He's been mad at me ever since I fired him off'n my payroll. After I kicked him off'n my ranch he run for sheriff, and the night of the election everybody was so drunk they voted for him by mistake, or for a joke, or somethin', and since he's been in office he's been lettin' the sheepmen steal me right out of house and home."
They are the ones who give hobbyists a bad name, and should be kicked out of any club meeting they show up at.
Dial 1-900-Mix-a-Lot and kick them nasty thoughts.
gloss: To forcibly remove a participant from an online activity.
pos: verb
tags: Internet
transitive
examples: She was kicked from the IRC server for flooding.
gloss: To overcome (a bothersome or difficult issue or obstacle); to free oneself of (a problem).
pos: verb
tags: slang
transitive
examples: I still smoke, but they keep telling me to kick the habit.
gloss: To move or push suddenly and violently.
pos: verb
examples: He was kicked sideways by the force of the blast.
The back of the car kicked out violently, forcing me to steer into the slide and accelerate in order to maintain control.
gloss: To recoil; to push by recoiling.
pos: verb
examples: Lying on the ground, when fired, it kicked me back a foot. There was no way a person my size was going to be able to do an effective job with this gun.
I asked my sister Jeanette if she wanted to shoot the 12 ga. shotgun. She replied, "does it kick"?
gloss: To attack (a piece) in order to force it to move.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
gloss: To accelerate quickly with a few pedal strokes in an effort to break away from other riders.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: Contador kicks again to try to rid himself of Rasmussen.
gloss: To show opposition or resistance.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: "My expenses always are reasonable—I mean there is always a reason for them. But I notice that you don't kick at the other item. That doesn't look as if you were exactly optimistic of striking a gold mine, Joolby."
gloss: Of an engine, to engage; to start.
pos: verb
examples: The grey Bentley convertible, the 1933 4½-litre with the Amherst-Villiers supercharger, had been brought round a few minutes earlier from the garage where he kept it and the engine had kicked directly he pressed the self-starter.
gloss: To work a press by impact of the foot on a treadle.
pos: verb
tags: historical
gloss: To reset (a watchdog timer).
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: In the meantime, it is possible for the embedded software to “kick” the watchdog timer, to reset its counter to the original large number.
From now on the process has to periodically kick the watchdog timer in intervals shorter than the initialization interval.
gloss: To reproach oneself for making a mistake or missing an opportunity.
pos: verb
tags: informal
reflexive
examples: He's still kicking himself for not investing three years ago.
Translations:
lang: Afrikaans
word: skop
lang: Ainu
word: オテッテㇾケ
roman: otetterke
lang: Ainu
word: オテㇾケ
roman: oterke
lang: Southern Altai
word: тебер
roman: teber
lang: Arabic
word: رَفَسَ
roman: rafasa
lang: Arabic
word: رَكَلَ
roman: rakala
lang: Arabic
word: رفس
roman: rafas
lang: Arabic
word: شات
roman: šāt
lang: Arabic
word: رفس
roman: rafas
lang: Assamese
word: লথিয়া
roman: lothia
lang: Assamese
word: গুৰিয়া
roman: guria
lang: Azerbaijani
word: təpikləmək
lang: Azerbaijani
word: təpik vurmaq
lang: Azerbaijani
word: təpik atmaq
lang: Belarusian
word: шту́рхаць
roman: štúrxacʹ
lang: Belarusian
word: штурхну́ць
roman: šturxnúcʹ
lang: Belarusian
word: брыка́ць
roman: brykácʹ
lang: Belarusian
word: брыкну́ць
roman: bryknúcʹ
lang: Bulgarian
word: ри́там
roman: rítam
lang: Burmese
word: ကန်
roman: kan
lang: Catalan
word: donar un cop de peu
lang: Catalan
word: donar una puntada (de peu)
lang: Catalan
word: xutar
lang: Catalan
word: tustar
lang: Cebuano
word: sipa
lang: Chinese Cantonese
word: 踢
roman: tek³
lang: Hakka Chinese
word: 踢
roman: thet
lang: Chinese
word: 踢
roman: zh-min-nan
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 踢
roman: tī
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 蹴
roman: cù
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 趵
roman: bō
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 踆
roman: cūn
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 踶
roman: dì
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 蹄
roman: dì
lang: Czech
word: kopat
lang: Czech
word: kopnout
lang: Danish
word: sparke
lang: Dutch
word: schoppen
lang: Dutch
word: stampen
lang: Dutch
word: trappen
lang: Esperanto
word: piedbati
lang: Finnish
word: potkaista
lang: Finnish
word: potkia
lang: French
word: donner un coup de pied à
lang: French
word: botter
lang: Galician
word: patear
lang: Georgian
word: ფეხის კვრა
roman: pexis ḳvra
lang: Georgian
word: წიხლის კვრა
roman: c̣ixlis ḳvra
lang: Georgian
word: პანღური
roman: ṗanɣuri
lang: Georgian
word: პანჩური
roman: ṗančuri
lang: German
word: treten
lang: German
word: kicken
lang: Greek
word: κλοτσώ
roman: klotsó
lang: Ancient Greek
word: λακτίζω
roman: laktízō
lang: Hebrew
word: בָּעַט
roman: ba'át
lang: Higaonon
word: sinipa
lang: Hindi
word: लात मारना
roman: lāt mārnā
lang: Hungarian
word: rúg
lang: Icelandic
word: sparka
lang: Icelandic
word: sparka í
lang: Indonesian
word: tendang
lang: Indonesian
word: menendang
lang: Ingrian
word: potkia
lang: Irish
word: ciceáil
lang: Italian
word: calciare
lang: Japanese
word: 蹴る
roman: keru
lang: Japanese
word: キックする
roman: kikku suru
lang: Kazakh
word: тебу
roman: tebu
lang: Khasi
word: kynjat
lang: Khmer
word: ទាត់
roman: tŏət
lang: Khmer
word: កែង
roman: kaeng-
lang: Khmer
word: ធាក់
roman: thĕək
lang: Korean
word: 차다
roman: chada
lang: Central Kurdish
word: شەق لێدان
roman: şeq lêdan
lang: Kyrgyz
word: тебүү
roman: tebüü
lang: Lao
word: ເຕະ
roman: te
lang: Latin
word: calcitrō
lang: Latvian
word: spert
lang: Latvian
word: spārdīt
lang: Latvian
word: spārdīties
lang: Lithuanian
word: spirti
lang: Lithuanian
word: spardyti
lang: Lithuanian
word: spardytis
lang: Lutuv
word: chi
lang: Macedonian
word: клоца
roman: kloca
lang: Macedonian
word: клоцне
roman: klocne
lang: Malagasy
word: mandaka
lang: Malay
word: sepak
lang: Malay
word: tendang
lang: Brunei Malay
word: tandang
lang: Brunei Malay
word: sipak
lang: Manchu
word: ᡶᡝᠰᡥᡝᠯᡝᠮᠪᡳ
roman: feshelembi
lang: Norman
word: co-d'piêter
lang: Norman
word: codpîser
lang: Norwegian
word: sparke
lang: Old English
word: spornan
lang: Oromo
word: dhiituu
lang: Persian
word: لگد زدن
roman: lagad zadan
lang: Polish
word: kopać
lang: Polish
word: kopnąć
lang: Portuguese
word: chutar
lang: Quechua
word: hayt'ay
lang: Romanian
word: șuta
lang: Romanian
word: lovi cu piciorul
lang: Russian
word: пина́ть
roman: pinátʹ
lang: Russian
word: пнуть
roman: pnutʹ
lang: Russian
word: ляга́ть
roman: ljagátʹ
lang: Russian
word: лягну́ть
roman: ljagnútʹ
lang: Sardinian
word: calchidare
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: breab
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: udariti (nogom)
lang: Shan
word: ပိတ်ႉ
roman: pḭ̂t
lang: Sicilian
word: cauciari
lang: Sicilian
word: dari na pidata
lang: Slovak
word: kopať
lang: Slovak
word: kopnúť
lang: Slovene
word: brcniti
lang: Sotho
word: raha
lang: Spanish
word: dar una patada
lang: Spanish
word: dar un puntapié
lang: Spanish
word: patear
lang: Swedish
word: sparka
lang: Tagalog
word: sipain
lang: Tausug
word: sipa
lang: Telugu
word: తన్ను
roman: tannu
lang: Thai
word: เตะ
roman: dtè
lang: Tok Pisin
word: kik
lang: Turkish
word: tekmelemek
lang: Turkish
word: tekme atmak
lang: Ukrainian
word: штовха́ти
roman: štovxáty
lang: Ukrainian
word: штовхну́ти
roman: štovxnúty
lang: Ukrainian
word: ко́пати
roman: kópaty
lang: Ukrainian
word: ко́пнути
roman: kópnuty
lang: Vietnamese
word: đá
lang: Welsh
word: cicio
lang: Yiddish
word: בריקען
roman: briken