| 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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