kick
kick
1. noun, slang A sense of enjoyment, amusement, or excitement. Even as an adult, I still get a kick out of building sandcastles at the beach. She really gets a kick out of doing wheelies on her motorcycle in front of an audience.
2. noun, slang The strong sensation experienced from consuming something with a potent effect or flavor, such as a drug, a drink of alcohol, or a spicy food. Wow, that hot sauce has a real kick to it. My ears are burning!
3. noun, slang A shoe. Always used in the plural. Yo, check out those kicks. Are they original Jordans?
4. verb, slang To overcome an addiction. It took gum, patches, and counseling, but I've finally kicked smoking.
kick (oneself)
To reprove or rebuke oneself; to be angry with or disappointed in oneself. Usually used in continuous tenses. I knew I'd be kicking myself later if I came back and the bag was gone, so I went ahead and bought it. Plenty of companies are kicking themselves for not investing in the technology at an earlier stage.
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kicking
1. slang Excellent, great, or exceptionally entertaining. In all uses, it is sometimes colloquially spelled or pronounced "kickin'." That was one kickin' party, dude!
2. slang Exceptionally fashionable or stylish. Wow, man, that suit is kickin'!
3. slang Still alive and active, especially despite old age. I just found out that Old Man Murphy is still alive and kicking. He must be 104 by now!
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
kick
verbSee kick off
kick
1. n. a charge or good feeling (from something); pleasure or enjoyment from something. (see also get a kick out of someone/something.) That song really gives me a kick. I love it!
2. n. the jolt from a drug or a drink of strong liquor. The kick nearly knocked Harry over.
3. tv. to break a drug addiction voluntarily. (Drugs.) I knew I had the guts in me somewhere to kick juice.
4. n. a complaint. You got another kick, troublemaker?
5. in. to complain. Why are you always kicking?
6. Go to kicks.
kicks
n. cleats or shoes; gym shoes. (see also kick.) Don’t you dare wear those kicks in here!
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McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
- a kick at the can
- a kick at the cat
- a kick in the balls
- a kick in the butt
- a kick in the face
- a kick in the guts
- a kick in the head
- a kick in the pants
- a kick in the shins
- a kick in the teeth
- a kick up the backside
- alive (live) and kicking (well)
- alive and kicking
- be alive and kicking
- be better than a kick in the pants
- be busier than a one-legged man in a butt-kicking contest
- be dragged kicking and screaming
- be kicked to the curb
- be kicked upstairs
- beat the hell out of (one)
- beat the shit out of (one)
- beat/knock/kick the hell out of somebody/something
- better than a kick in the pants
- better than a kick in the teeth
- boot or an animal out
- drag (someone) kicking and screaming
- drag someone kicking and screaming
- for a kick-off
- for fun
- for giggles
- for kicks
- for kicks and for laughs; for giggles
- for laughs
- get (one's) kicks
- get a bang out of
- get a bang out of someone/something
- get a charge out of
- get a kick from (someone or something)
- get a kick from/out of something
- get a kick out of (someone or something)
- get a kick out of (something/someone), to
- get a kick out of someone/something
- get a kick out of something
- get kicked to the curb
- get kicks
- get one’s kicks
- get one’s kicks from someone/something
- get the crap kicked out of (someone)
- get the shit kicked out of (one)
- get the stuffing kicked out of (one)
- get your kicks
- give (one) a kick
- give a bang
- have a kick to it
- have a kick to it/them
- I wouldn't kick (someone) out of bed
- I wouldn't kick (someone) out of bed for eating crackers
- I wouldn't kick (someone) out of bed for farting
- kick
- kick (one) in the teeth
- kick (one) upstairs
- kick (one) when (one) is down
- kick (one's) feet up
- kick (one's) heels
- kick (one's) heels up
- kick (oneself)
- kick (oneself) for (doing something)
- kick (someone or something) down the ladder
- kick (someone or something) to the curb
- kick (something) into the long grass
- kick (something) into touch
- kick a habit
- kick about
- kick against
- kick against (someone or something)
- kick against the pricks
- kick around
- kick aside
- kick ass on (one)
- kick at
- kick at (someone or something)
- kick away
- kick back
- kick butt
- kick cold
- kick cold (turkey)
- kick cold turkey
- kick down
- kick down the/(one's) door
- kick down with (something)
- kick down with something
- kick freak
- kick heels up
- kick in
- kick in the (seat of the) pants, a
- kick in the behind
- kick in the breech
- kick in the butt
- kick in the guts
- kick in the pants
- kick in the pants, a
- kick in the rear
- kick in the seat of the pants
- kick in the teeth
- kick in the wrist
- kick it
- kick like a mule
- kick like a steer
- kick off
- kick oneself
- kick out
- kick out of
- kick out of (something)
- kick over
- kick over the traces
- kick over the traces, to
- kick party
- kick some butt
- kick somebody in the teeth
- kick somebody upstairs
- kick somebody when they're down
- kick someone down the ladder
- kick someone in the teeth
- kick someone upstairs
- kick someone when they are down
- kick something into the long grass
- kick something into touch
- kick the (something)
- kick the bucket
- kick the bucket, to
- kick the can
- kick the can down the road
- kick the crap out of (someone)
- kick the gong around
- kick the habit
- kick the habit, drug, booze, etc.
- kick the hell out of (one)
- kick the shit out of (one)
- kick the stuffing out of
- kick the stuffing out of (one)
- kick the tin
- kick the tires
- kick the tyres
- kick the wheels
- kick the/(one's) door down
- kick the/(one's) habit
- kick tires
- kick up
- kick up (one's) feet
- kick up (one's) heels
- kick up a dust
- kick up a fuss
- kick up a fuss, row, etc.
- kick up a row
- kick up a stink
- kick up a storm
- kick up heels
- kick up one's heels
- kick up one's heels, to
- kick up your heels
- kick up/make/create/raise a stink
- kick upstairs
- kick upstairs, to
- kick with the other foot
- kick your heels
- kick yourself
- kicking
- kicking and screaming
- kicks
- kick-start
- knock around
- knock the hell out of (one)
- live and kicking
- look for a dog to kick
- mad enough to kick a cat
- more kicks than halfpence
- on a (subject or activity) kick
- roundhouse kick
- turn over
- wouldn't get a kick in a horsebox