kicking

Related to kicking: Alive and Kicking, Kicking Horse

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.

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!
See also: kick
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

kicken

verb
See kickin’

kickin’

and kicken
mod. wild; super; excellent. I don’t know where you get your clothes, but that jacket’s kickin’.
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • kick
  • kick (oneself)
  • kicks
  • 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 someone/something
  • get a kick out of something
  • get a charge out of
  • get a charge out of (something)
References in periodicals archive
To investigate the effect of kicking effort on 20-m side foot-kick accuracy, the participants were instructed to perform the same kicking-accuracy test with either a match-relevant ball speed or maximal ball speed.
The Influence of Task Conditions on Side Foot-Kick Accuracy among Swedish First League Women's Soccer Players
The kicking trials were performed on an artificial turf, similar to the turf used during games, while all participants wore their own soccer shoes.
Recovery of powerful kick biomechanics after intense running fatigue in male and female soccer players
Coach Christoph Kipperer is a kicking coach based in Graz, Austria (Europe) who founded EuroKickers, the source for European kickers & punters of all ages and skill levels.
First Ever International Football (American) Kicking Camp to be Held in Bolzano, Italy
The Blues coach revealed he has the likes of Jamie Roberts and Tom Shanklin staying behind after training to improve their kicking game.
REGIONS LEFT ON THE RUN BY AERIAL KICKING GAME, SAYS DAI
"South Africa are the world champions at present and their game is pretty much built around kicking. When they kick well they win matches.
Kick the habit; RUGBY: POOR AUTUMN HOLDS LESSONS FOR KICKING GURU NEIL
While there was no correlation between performance and how the goals posts were viewed before kicking, perceived size of the goal posts after kicking was positively correlated with kicking performance.
Footballers' field success changes their perception of goal post
"There's the skill of kicking the ball, then the next thing is, can you do it under pressure?
Confidence is key to Cipriani, says NFL ace
* Dan built a wooden kicking machine (see photos, above) before completing the steps below.
Under pressure: how does the amount of air inside a football affect its performance? One teen kicks his way to an answer
Scully missed three from six at Warrington last week and hopefully Sean Long, who has slotted 24 two-pointers this term, might be given the nod at some stage to jock Sculthorpe off the kicking.
Rugby League: Get your kicks by selling Scully
I was too upset with myself for not kicking up that desert dust.
How I went from wimp to rebel overnight! (Ride On)
When you can kick the ball every time, see if you can step forward with the opposite foot--the foot you are not kicking with--just before you kick the ball.
GOOD SPORT
A child's kicking rate during a subsequent 2-minute viewing of the third mobile, after the ribbon had been removed, provided a measure of the extent to which the kicking task had been learned.
Babies get a kick out of serial memories
Taekwondo, a Korean martial art, is characterized by diverse kicking techniques.
Inter-joint coordination in producing kicking velocity of Taekwondo kicks
We are talking, of course, about the tricky art of rugby place kicking.
Why arms, not legs, are key to kicking
Kicking legend Neil Jenkins has warned the Wales squad of the threat of Irish outside-half Ronan O'Gara ahead of the Six Nations showdown at the Millennium Stadium on Sunday.
Beware of the Rog-Jenkins