| kick | | |
| n. (act) | 1. boot, kick, kicking | the act of delivering a blow with the foot.; "he gave the ball a powerful kick"; "the team's kicking was excellent" |
| ~ goal-kick | (association football) a kick by the defending side after the attacking side sends the ball over the goal-line. |
| ~ goal-kick | (rugby) an attempt to kick a goal. |
| ~ punting, punt | (football) a kick in which the football is dropped from the hands and kicked before it touches the ground.; "the punt traveled 50 yards"; "punting is an important part of the game" |
| ~ place-kicking, place kick | (sports) a kick in which the ball is placed on the ground before kicking. |
| ~ dropkick | (football) kicking (as for a field goal) in which the football is dropped and kicked as it touches the ground. |
| ~ blow | a powerful stroke with the fist or a weapon.; "a blow on the head" |
| n. (feeling) | 2. bang, boot, charge, flush, kick, rush, thrill | the swift release of a store of affective force.; "they got a great bang out of it"; "what a boot!"; "he got a quick rush from injecting heroin"; "he does it for kicks" |
| ~ excitement, exhilaration | the feeling of lively and cheerful joy.; "he could hardly conceal his excitement when she agreed" |
| n. (event) | 3. kick, recoil | the backward jerk of a gun when it is fired. |
| ~ motion, movement | a natural event that involves a change in the position or location of something. |
| n. (communication) | 4. beef, bitch, gripe, kick, squawk | informal terms for objecting.; "I have a gripe about the service here" |
| ~ objection | the speech act of objecting. |
| n. (cognition) | 5. kick | the sudden stimulation provided by strong drink (or certain drugs).; "a sidecar is a smooth drink but it has a powerful kick" |
| ~ stimulant, stimulus, stimulation, input | any stimulating information or event; acts to arouse action. |
| n. (act) | 6. kick, kicking | a rhythmic thrusting movement of the legs as in swimming or calisthenics.; "the kick must be synchronized with the arm movements"; "the swimmer's kicking left a wake behind him" |
| ~ movement, motility, motion, move | a change of position that does not entail a change of location.; "the reflex motion of his eyebrows revealed his surprise"; "movement is a sign of life"; "an impatient move of his hand"; "gastrointestinal motility" |
| ~ swimming kick | a movement of the legs in swimming. |
| v. (contact) | 7. kick | drive or propel with the foot. |
| ~ athletics, sport | an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition. |
| ~ drop-kick, dropkick | drop and kick (a ball) as it touches the ground, as for a field goal. |
| ~ place-kick | kick (a ball) from a stationary position, in football. |
| ~ drop-kick, dropkick | make the point after a touchdown with a dropkick. |
| ~ punt | kick the ball. |
| ~ propel, impel | cause to move forward with force.; "Steam propels this ship" |
| ~ move, displace | cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense.; "Move those boxes into the corner, please"; "I'm moving my money to another bank"; "The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant" |
| v. (motion) | 8. kick | thrash about or strike out with the feet. |
| ~ strike out | make a motion as with one's fist or foot towards an object or away from one's body. |
| v. (contact) | 9. kick | strike with the foot.; "The boy kicked the dog"; "Kick the door down" |
| ~ scuff | poke at with the foot or toe. |
| ~ boot | kick; give a boot to. |
| ~ hit | deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument.; "He hit her hard in the face" |
| v. (motion) | 10. kick | kick a leg up. |
| ~ trip the light fantastic, trip the light fantastic toe, dance | move in a pattern; usually to musical accompaniment; do or perform a dance.; "My husband and I like to dance at home to the radio" |
| v. (contact) | 11. kick, kick back, recoil | spring back, as from a forceful thrust.; "The gun kicked back into my shoulder" |
| ~ bounce, rebound, ricochet, take a hop, resile, recoil, spring, bound, reverberate | spring back; spring away from an impact.; "The rubber ball bounced"; "These particles do not resile but they unite after they collide" |
| v. (consumption) | 12. give up, kick | stop consuming.; "kick a habit"; "give up alcohol" |
| ~ foreswear, forgo, waive, dispense with, forego, relinquish | do without or cease to hold or adhere to.; "We are dispensing with formalities"; "relinquish the old ideas" |
| v. (competition) | 13. kick | make a goal.; "He kicked the extra point after touchdown" |
| ~ football, football game | any of various games played with a ball (round or oval) in which two teams try to kick or carry or propel the ball into each other's goal. |
| ~ rack up, score, tally, hit | gain points in a game.; "The home team scored many times"; "He hit a home run"; "He hit .300 in the past season" |
| ~ place-kick | score (a goal) by making a place kick. |
| v. (communication) | 14. complain, kick, kvetch, plain, quetch, sound off | express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness.; "My mother complains all day"; "She has a lot to kick about" |
| ~ hen-peck, nag, peck | bother persistently with trivial complaints.; "She nags her husband all day long" |
| ~ backbite, bitch | say mean things. |
| ~ grizzle, yammer, yawp, whine | complain whiningly. |
| ~ gnarl, grumble, murmur, mutter, croak | make complaining remarks or noises under one's breath.; "she grumbles when she feels overworked" |
| ~ grouch, grumble, scold | show one's unhappiness or critical attitude.; "He scolded about anything that he thought was wrong"; "We grumbled about the increased work load" |
| ~ protest | utter words of protest. |
| ~ repine | express discontent. |
| ~ beef, bellyache, bitch, gripe, grouse, squawk, holler, crab | complain.; "What was he hollering about?" |
| ~ inveigh, rail | complain bitterly. |
| ~ bemoan, bewail, deplore, lament | regret strongly.; "I deplore this hostile action"; "we lamented the loss of benefits" |
| ~ report | complain about; make a charge against.; "I reported her to the supervisor" |
| ~ bleat | talk whiningly. |
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