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Meaning
Verb
●
In Buttons:
To
strike
or
hit with
the
foot
or other
extremity
of the leg.
●
To make
a sharp
jerking
movement
of the
leg
,
as to
strike
something.
●
To
direct
to a particular place by a
blow
with the
foot
or leg.
●
To
eject
summarily.
●
In Internet:
To
forcibly
remove
a
participant
from an online activity.
●
To
overcome
(a
bothersome
or
difficult
issue
or
obstacle
); to
free
oneself
of (a problem).
●
In Violence:
To
move
or
push
suddenly
and violently.
●
To
recoil
; to
push
by
recoil
ing.
●
In Chess:
To
attack
(a
piece
) in order to
force
it to move.
●
In Cycling:
To
accelerate
quickly
with
a few
pedal
strokes
in an
effort
to
break away
from other riders.
●
To show
opposition
or resistance.
●
In Printing:
To work a
press
by impact of the
foot
on a treadle.
●
In Computing:
To
reset
(a
watchdog
timer).
●
In Buttons:
To
reproach
oneself
for
making a mistake
or
missing
an opportunity.
●
To die.
●
To be
emphatically
excellent.
Noun
●
A
hit
or
strike
with the
leg
,
foot
or knee.
●
The
action
of
swinging
a
foot
or leg.
●
Something that
tickles
the
fancy
; something
fun
or amusing.
●
In Internet:
The
removal
of a person from an online activity.
●
Any
bucking
motion
of an
object
that
lacks
legs
or feet.
●
In Buttons:
Piquancy.
●
A
stimulation
provided
by an
intoxicating
substance.
●
In Football (soccer) & Violence:
A
pass
played
by
kicking with
the foot.
●
In Football (soccer) & Violence:
The
distance
traveled
by
kicking
the ball.
●
The
recoil
of a gun.
●
A pocket.
●
An increase in
speed
in the
final
part of a
running
race.
●
In Film & Television:
Synonym of
kicker
(“backlight
positioned
at an angle”)
●
In British English, Buttons & Violence:
Sixpence.
Sourced from
Wiktionary
Origin
kick
English
kiken
Middle English (1100-1500)
Sourced from
Etym
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