VERB | contact | kick | drive or propel with the foot |
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motion | kick | thrash about or strike out with the feet | |
contact | kick | strike with the foot | |
motion | kick | kick a leg up | |
contact | kick, kick back, recoil | spring back, as from a forceful thrust | |
consumption | kick, give up | stop consuming | |
competition | kick | make a goal | |
communication | kick, complain, plain, sound off, quetch, kvetch | express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness | |
NOUN | act | kick, boot, kicking | the act of delivering a blow with the foot |
feeling | kick, bang, boot, charge, rush, flush, thrill | the swift release of a store of affective force | |
event | kick, recoil | the backward jerk of a gun / gun when it is fired | |
communication | kick, gripe, beef, bitch, squawk | informal terms for objecting | |
cognition | kick | the sudden stimulation provided by strong drink (or certain drugs) | |
act | kick, kicking | a rhythmic thrusting movement of the legs as in swimming or calisthenics |
Sounds | kih'k | |
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Rhymes | academic ... Zurich: 733 rhymes with ihk... |
Meaning | The act of delivering a blow with the foot. | |
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Examples |
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Synonyms | boot, kicking | |
Narrower | dropkick | (football) kicking (as for a field goal) in which the football is dropped and kicked as it touches the ground |
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 | |
place kick, place-kicking | (sports) a kick in which the ball is placed on the ground before kicking | |
punt, punting | (football) a kick in which the football is dropped from the hands and kicked before it touches the ground | |
Broader | blow | A powerful stroke with the fist or a weapon |
Spanish | patada, puntapié | |
Catalan | puntada | |
Verbs | kick | strike with the foot |
kick | drive or propel with the foot |
Meaning | The swift release of a store of affective force. | |
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Example | "he does it for kicks" | |
Synonyms | bang, boot, charge, rush, flush, thrill | |
Broader | exhilaration, excitement | The feeling of lively and cheerful joy |
Spanish | emoción, entusiasmo, excitación | |
Catalan | emoció, entusiasme, excitació |
Meaning | The backward jerk of a gun / gun when it is fired. | |
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Synonym | recoil | |
Broader | movement, motion | A natural event that involves a change in the position or location of something |
Spanish | retroceso | |
Verbs | kick | spring back, as from a forceful thrust |
Meaning | informal terms for objecting. | |
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Synonyms | gripe, beef, bitch, squawk | |
Broader | objection | The speech act of objecting |
Verbs | kick | express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness |
Meaning | The sudden stimulation provided by strong drink (or certain drugs). | |
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Example | "a sidecar is a smooth drink but it has a powerful kick" | |
Broader | stimulation, stimulus, stimulant, input | Any stimulating information or event |
Meaning | A rhythmic thrusting movement of the legs as in swimming or calisthenics. | |
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Examples |
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Synonym | kicking | |
Narrower | swimming kick | A movement of the legs in swimming |
Broader | motion, movement, move, motility | A change of position that does not entail a change of location |
Verbs | kick | thrash about or strike out with the feet |
Meaning | Drive or propel with the foot. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something | |
Category | sport, athletics | An active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition |
Entails | move, displace | Cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense |
Narrower | drop-kick, dropkick | Drop and kick (a ball) as it touches the ground, as for a field goal |
dropkick, drop-kick | make the point after a touchdown with a dropkick | |
place-kick | Kick (a ball) from a stationary position, in football | |
punt | Kick the ball | |
Broader | propel, impel | Cause to move forward with force |
Spanish | chutar | |
Catalan | xutar | |
Nouns | kick, kicking | the act of delivering a blow with the foot |
kicker | a player who kicks the football |
Meaning | thrash about or strike out with the feet. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP | |
Broader | strike out | make a motion as with one's fist or foot towards an object or away from one's body |
Spanish | cocear, patear | |
Catalan | guitar, patejar, picar amb el peu | |
Nouns | kick | a rhythmic thrusting movement of the legs as in swimming or calisthenics |
Meaning | strike with the foot. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody | |
Model | They want to kick the prisoners | |
Examples |
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Entailed by | motorbike, motorcycle, cycle | ride a motorcycle |
Narrower | boot | Kick |
scuff | poke at with the foot or toe | |
Broader | hit | Deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument |
See also | kick in, kick down | open violently |
kick out | remove from a position or office | |
kick up | cause to rise by kicking | |
Spanish | patear | |
Catalan | potejar, potollar | |
Nouns | kick, kicking | the act of delivering a blow with the foot |
Meaning | Kick a leg up. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s | |
Broader | dance, trip the light fantastic, trip the light fantastic toe | Move in a pattern |
Spanish | patalear, pernear, zapatear | |
Catalan | espeternegar, pernejar, picar de peus, sabatejar |
Meaning | spring back, as from a forceful thrust. | |
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Pattern | Something ----s | |
Example | "The gun kicked back into my shoulder" | |
Synonyms | kick back, recoil | |
Broader | bounce, resile, take a hop, spring, bound, rebound, recoil, reverberate, ricochet | spring back |
Spanish | retroceder | |
Nouns | kick | the backward jerk of a gun / gun when it is fired |
Meaning | stop consuming. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s VERB-ing | |
Example | "kick a habit" | |
Synonym | give up | |
Broader | waive, relinquish, forgo, forego, foreswear, dispense with | Do without or cease to hold or adhere to |
Spanish | abandonar, dejar |
Meaning | make a goal. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Example | "He kicked the extra point after touchdown" | |
Category | football, football game | Any of various games / 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 |
Narrower | place-kick | score (a goal) by making a place kick |
Broader | score, hit, tally, rack up | gain points in a game / game / game |
Spanish | marcar |
Meaning | Express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s that CLAUSE | |
Example | "She has a lot to kick about" | |
Synonyms | complain, plain, sound off, quetch, kvetch | |
Narrower | backbite, bitch | say mean things |
bleat | talk / talk whiningly | |
deplore, lament, bewail, bemoan | regret strongly | |
gripe, bitch, grouse, crab, beef, squawk, bellyache, holler | complain | |
grouch, grumble, scold | show one's unhappiness or critical attitude | |
murmur, mutter, grumble, croak, gnarl | make complaining remarks or noises under one's breath | |
nag, peck, hen-peck | bother persistently with trivial complaints | |
protest | Utter words / words of protest | |
rail, inveigh | complain bitterly | |
repine | Express discontent | |
report | complain about | |
whine, grizzle, yammer, yawp | complain whiningly | |
Opposite | cheer, cheer up, chirk up | Become cheerful |
Spanish | lamentarse, lamentar, protestar, quejarse | |
Catalan | lamentar-se, lamentar, queixar-se | |
Nouns | kick | informal terms for objecting |
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