| 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. |
| paw | | |
| n. (animal) | 1. paw | a clawed foot of an animal especially a quadruped. |
| ~ canid, canine | any of various fissiped mammals with nonretractile claws and typically long muzzles. |
| ~ felid, feline | any of various lithe-bodied roundheaded fissiped mammals, many with retractile claws. |
| ~ animal foot, foot | the pedal extremity of vertebrates other than human beings. |
| ~ forepaw | front paw; analogous to the human hand. |
| ~ pad | the fleshy cushion-like underside of an animal's foot or of a human's finger. |
| n. (body) | 2. hand, manus, mitt, paw | the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb.; "he had the hands of a surgeon"; "he extended his mitt" |
| ~ human, human being, homo, man | any living or extinct member of the family Hominidae characterized by superior intelligence, articulate speech, and erect carriage. |
| ~ arteria digitalis, digital arteries | arteries in the hand and foot that supply the fingers and toes. |
| ~ arteria metacarpea, metacarpal artery | dorsal and palmar arteries of the hand. |
| ~ intercapitular vein, vena intercapitalis | veins connecting the dorsal and palmar veins of the hand or the dorsal and plantar veins of the foot. |
| ~ metacarpal vein, vena metacarpus | dorsal and palmar veins of the hand. |
| ~ arm | a human limb; technically the part of the superior limb between the shoulder and the elbow but commonly used to refer to the whole superior limb. |
| ~ clenched fist, fist | a hand with the fingers clenched in the palm (as for hitting). |
| ~ hooks, maulers, meat hooks | large strong hand (as of a fighter).; "wait till I get my hooks on him" |
| ~ right hand, right | the hand that is on the right side of the body.; "he writes with his right hand but pitches with his left"; "hit him with quick rights to the body" |
| ~ left hand, left | the hand that is on the left side of the body.; "jab with your left" |
| ~ palm, thenar | the inner surface of the hand from the wrist to the base of the fingers. |
| ~ finger | any of the terminal members of the hand (sometimes excepting the thumb).; "her fingers were long and thin" |
| ~ extremity | that part of a limb that is farthest from the torso. |
| ~ ball | a more or less rounded anatomical body or mass.; "the ball at the base of the thumb"; "he stood on the balls of his feet" |
| ~ metacarpus | the part of the hand between the carpus and phalanges. |
| v. (contact) | 3. paw | scrape with the paws.; "The bear pawed the door" |
| ~ scrape, grate | scratch repeatedly.; "The cat scraped at the armchair" |
| v. (contact) | 4. paw | touch clumsily.; "The man tried to paw her" |
| ~ touch | make physical contact with, come in contact with.; "Touch the stone for good luck"; "She never touched her husband" |
| ~ caress, fondle | touch or stroke lightly in a loving or endearing manner.; "He caressed her face"; "They fondled in the back seat of the taxi" |
| pedal | | |
| n. (communication) | 1. pedal, pedal point | a sustained bass note. |
| ~ musical note, note, tone | a notation representing the pitch and duration of a musical sound.; "the singer held the note too long" |
| n. (artifact) | 2. foot lever, foot pedal, pedal, treadle | a lever that is operated with the foot. |
| ~ accelerator, accelerator pedal, gas pedal, throttle, gas, gun | a pedal that controls the throttle valve.; "he stepped on the gas" |
| ~ bicycle, bike, cycle, wheel | a wheeled vehicle that has two wheels and is moved by foot pedals. |
| ~ brake pedal | foot pedal that moves a piston in the master brake cylinder. |
| ~ clutch pedal, clutch | a pedal or lever that engages or disengages a rotating shaft and a driving mechanism.; "he smoothely released the clutch with one foot and stepped on the gas with the other" |
| ~ lever | a rigid bar pivoted about a fulcrum. |
| ~ automotive vehicle, motor vehicle | a self-propelled wheeled vehicle that does not run on rails. |
| ~ pipe organ, organ | wind instrument whose sound is produced by means of pipes arranged in sets supplied with air from a bellows and controlled from a large complex musical keyboard. |
| ~ soft pedal | a pedal on a piano that moves the action closer to the strings and so soften the sound. |
| ~ loud pedal, sustaining pedal | a pedal on a piano that lifts the dampers from the strings and so allows them to continue vibrating. |
| v. (motion) | 3. bicycle, bike, cycle, pedal, wheel | ride a bicycle. |
| ~ unicycle | ride a unicycle. |
| ~ backpedal | pedal backwards on a bicycle. |
| ~ ride | be carried or travel on or in a vehicle.; "I ride to work in a bus"; "He rides the subway downtown every day" |
| v. (creation) | 4. pedal | operate the pedals on a keyboard instrument. |
| ~ music | musical activity (singing or whistling etc.).; "his music was his central interest" |
| ~ control, operate | handle and cause to function.; "do not operate machinery after imbibing alcohol"; "control the lever" |
| ~ spiel, play | replay (as a melody).; "Play it again, Sam"; "She played the third movement very beautifully" |
| adj. (pertain) | 5. pedal | of or relating to the feet.; "the word for a pedal extremity is `foot'" |
| recoil | | |
| n. (event) | 1. backlash, rebound, recoil, repercussion | a movement back from an impact. |
| ~ motion, movement | a natural event that involves a change in the position or location of something. |
| ~ bouncing, bounce | rebounding from an impact (or series of impacts). |
| ~ resiliency, resilience | an occurrence of rebounding or springing back. |
| ~ carom, ricochet | a glancing rebound. |
| v. (motion) | 2. cringe, flinch, funk, quail, recoil, shrink, squinch, wince | draw back, as with fear or pain.; "she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf" |
| ~ move | move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion.; "He moved his hand slightly to the right" |
| ~ shrink back, retract | pull away from a source of disgust or fear. |
| v. (social) | 3. backfire, backlash, recoil | come back to the originator of an action with an undesired effect.; "Your comments may backfire and cause you a lot of trouble" |
| ~ come about, hap, happen, occur, take place, go on, fall out, pass off, pass | come to pass.; "What is happening?"; "The meeting took place off without an incidence"; "Nothing occurred that seemed important" |
| v. (motion) | 4. bounce, bound, rebound, recoil, resile, reverberate, ricochet, spring, take a hop | spring back; spring away from an impact.; "The rubber ball bounced"; "These particles do not resile but they unite after they collide" |
| ~ kick back, recoil, kick | spring back, as from a forceful thrust.; "The gun kicked back into my shoulder" |
| ~ bound off, skip | bound off one point after another. |
| ~ carom | rebound after hitting.; "The car caromed off several lampposts" |
| ~ bound, jump, leap, spring | move forward by leaps and bounds.; "The horse bounded across the meadow"; "The child leapt across the puddle"; "Can you jump over the fence?" |
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