/kɪˈkt/ - [kikt] -
We found 3 definitions of kicked from 2 different sources.
NounPlural: kicks |
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kick - the act of delivering a blow with the foot; "he gave the ball a powerful kick"; "the team's kicking was excellent" | ||
boot, kicking | ||
blow forceful exhalation through the nose or mouth; "he gave his nose a loud blow"; "he blew out all the candles with a single puff" | ||
goal-kick (association football) a kick by the defending side after the attacking side sends the ball over the goal-line | ||
goal-kick (association football) a kick by the defending side after the attacking side sends the ball over the goal-line | ||
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 | ||
kick - 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" | ||
kicking | ||
motility, move, motion, movement ability to move spontaneously and independently | ||
kick - the sudden stimulation provided by strong drink (or certain drugs); "a sidecar is a smooth drink but it has a powerful kick" | ||
kick - informal terms for objecting; "I have a gripe about the service here" | ||
gripe, beef, bitch, squawk | ||
objection (law) a procedure whereby a party to a suit says that a particular line of questioning or a particular witness or a piece of evidence or other matter is improper and should not be continued and asks the court to rule on its impropriety or illegality | ||
kick - 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" | ||
bang, boot, charge, rush, flush, thrill | ||
exhilaration, excitement the feeling of lively and cheerful joy; "he could hardly conceal his excitement when she agreed" | ||
kick - the backward jerk of a gun when it is fired | ||
recoil | ||
motion, movement the act of changing location from one place to another; "police controlled the motion of the crowd"; "the movement of people from the farms to the cities"; "his move put him directly in my path" | ||
Verb |
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kick - drive or propel with the foot | ||
displace, move cause to move, usually with force or pressure; "the refugees were displaced by the war" | ||
impel, propel urge or force (a person) to an action; constrain or motivate | ||
athletics, sport participation in sports events as an extracurricular activity | ||
drop-kick, dropkick drop and kick (a ball) as it touches the ground, as for a field goal | ||
place-kick score (a goal) by making a place kick | ||
drop-kick, dropkick drop and kick (a ball) as it touches the ground, as for a field goal | ||
punt propel with a pole; "pole barges on the river"; "We went punting in Cambridge" | ||
kick - strike with the foot; "The boy kicked the dog"; "Kick the door down" | ||
hit pay unsolicited and usually unwanted sexual attention to; "He tries to hit on women in bars" | ||
drum out, boot out, kick out, oust, expel, throw out remove from a position or office; "The chairman was ousted after he misappropriated funds" | ||
kick up cause to rise by kicking; "kick up dust" | ||
kick down, kick in open violently; "kick in the doors" | ||
scuff poke at with the foot or toe | ||
boot cause to load (an operating system) and start the initial processes; "boot your computer" | ||
kick - make a goal; "He kicked the extra point after touchdown" | ||
rack up, tally, score, hit supply a rack with feed for (horses or other animals) | ||
football game, football 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 | ||
place-kick score (a goal) by making a place kick | ||
kick - thrash about or strike out with the feet | ||
strike out set out on a course of action; "He struck out on his own" | ||
kick - stop consuming; "kick a habit"; "give up alcohol" | ||
give up | ||
foreswear, waive, dispense with, forego, forgo, relinquish turn away from; give up; "I am foreswearing women forever" | ||
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" | ||
kick - express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness; "My mother complains all day"; "She has a lot to kick about" | ||
complain, plain, sound off, quetch, kvetch | ||
chirk up, cheer up, cheer show approval or good wishes by shouting; "everybody cheered the birthday boy" | ||
hen-peck, nag, peck remind or urge constantly; "she nagged to take a vacation" | ||
backbite, bitch say mean things | ||
grizzle, yammer, yawp, whine be in a huff; be silent or sullen | ||
gnarl, murmur, mutter, croak, grumble twist into a state of deformity; "The wind has gnarled this old tree" | ||
grouch, scold, grumble 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, gripe, bitch, grouse, squawk, holler, crab complain; "What was he hollering about?" | ||
inveigh, rail complain bitterly | ||
bemoan, bewail, deplore, lament express strong disapproval of; "We deplore the government's treatment of political prisoners" | ||
report to give an account or representation of in words; "Discreet Italian police described it in a manner typically continental" | ||
bleat cry plaintively; "The lambs were bleating" | ||
kick - spring back, as from a forceful thrust; "The gun kicked back into my shoulder" | ||
kick back, recoil | ||
ricochet, take a hop, rebound, bound, recoil, resile, spring, reverberate, bounce form the boundary of; be contiguous to |