Meaning

17 senses
  1. (transitive)To strike or hit with the foot or other extremity of the leg.

    Did you kick your brother?

    1895, George MacDonald, Lilith, Chapter XII: Friends and Foes, I was cuffed by the women and kicked by the men because I would not swallow it.

    strike with the foot

  2. (intransitive)To make a sharp jerking movement of the leg, as to strike something.

    He enjoyed the simple pleasure of watching the kickline kick.

    1904, Stratemeyer Syndicate, The Bobbsey Twins, Chapter II: Rope Jumping, and What Followed, "If you did that, I'd kick," answered Freddie, and began to kick real hard into the air.

  3. (transitive)To direct to a particular place by a blow with the foot or leg.

    Kick the ball into the goal.

    schießen, treten, kicken

    пина́тьpinátʹ, пнутьpnutʹ, ляга́тьljagátʹ

    вдаря́тиvdarjáty, ударя́тиudarjáty, вда́ритиvdáryty

  4. To eject summarily.

  5. (Internet, transitive)To forcibly remove a participant from an online activity.

    She was kicked from the IRC server for flooding.

    herauswerfen

    ки́катьkíkatʹ, ки́кнутьkíknutʹ

    виганя́тиvyhanjáty, ви́гнатиvýhnaty, кі́катиkíkaty

  6. (slang, transitive)To overcome (a bothersome or difficult issue or obstacle); to free oneself of (a problem).

    I still smoke, but they keep telling me to kick the habit.

  7. To move or push suddenly and violently.

    He was kicked sideways by the force of the blast.

  8. To recoil; to push by recoiling.

  9. (transitive)To attack (a piece) in order to force it to move.

  10. (intransitive)To accelerate quickly with a few pedal strokes in an effort to break away from other riders.

    Contador kicks again to try to rid himself of Rasmussen.

  11. (intransitive)To show opposition or resistance.

  12. Of an engine, to engage; to start.

Examples

1148 sentences
  1. I was kicked out of high school.

    Мене вигнали зі школи.

    ruМеня исключили из старшей школы.

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  2. Tom was kicked out of the meeting.

    Тома вигнали із зустрічі.

    ruТома выгнали с собрания.

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  3. The stranger kicked Tom in the face.

    Незнайомець ударив Тома ногою в обличчя.

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  4. He kicked the ball.

    Він ударив по м'ячу.

    ruОн пнул мяч.

    deEr trat gegen den Ball.

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  5. She kicked the door.

    Вона вдарила двері ногою.

    ruОна пнула дверь.

    deSie trat gegen die Tür.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 4
direct to a particular place by a blow with the foot or leg:
strike with or raise the foot or leg:
to remove a participant from an online activity:
reproach oneself:
Русский
By meaning 3
direct to a particular place by a blow with the foot or leg:
to remove a participant from an online activity:
reproach oneself:
Deutsch
By meaning 4
direct to a particular place by a blow with the foot or leg:
strike with or raise the foot or leg:
to remove a participant from an online activity:
reproach oneself:

Origin

From Middle English kyken (“to strike out with the foot”), from Old Norse kikna (“to sink

From Middle English kyken (“to strike out with the foot”), from Old Norse kikna (“to sink at the knees”) and keikja (“to bend backwards”) (compare Old Norse keikr (“bent backwards, the belly jutting forward”)), from Proto-Germanic *kaikaz (“bent backwards”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Proto-Germanic *kī-, *kij- (“to split, dodge, swerve sidewards”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵeyH- (“to sprout, shoot”). Compare also Dutch kijken (“to look”), Middle Low German kīken (“to look, watch”). See keek.

Shortening of kick the bucket.

Shortening of kick ass

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Forms

kicks, kicking, kicked, kicked
Base formkick · to kick
3rd person singularkicks
Present participlekicking
Past simplekicked
Past participlekicked

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theykick
he, she, itkicks

Past simpleLesson

all personskicked

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave kicked
he, she, ithas kicked

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill kick

Phrasal verbs

13 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

25 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

2 related words

Collocations

9 patterns
  • kicked out of
  • got kicked out
  • was kicked out
  • got kicked
  • kicked the ball
  • kicked off the
  • kicked the door
  • got kicked off
  • was kicked off

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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