Definitions of kick
noun A hit or strike with the leg, foot or knee.
Example: A kick to the knee.
noun The action of swinging a foot or leg.
Example: The ballerina did a high kick and a leap.
noun Something that tickles the fancy; something fun or amusing.
Example: I finally saw the show. What a kick!
noun The removal of a person from an online activity.
noun Any bucking motion of an object that lacks legs or feet.
Example: The car had a nasty kick the whole way.
noun Piquancy.
noun A stimulation provided by an intoxicating substance.
noun A pass played by kicking with the foot.
noun The distance traveled by kicking the ball.
Example: a long kick up the field.
noun A recoil of a gun.
noun Pocket.
noun An increase in speed in the final part of a running race.
verb To strike or hit with the foot or other extremity of the leg.
Example: Did you kick your brother?
verb To make a sharp jerking movement of the leg, as to strike something.
Example: He enjoyed the simple pleasure of watching the kickline kick.
verb To direct to a particular place by a blow with the foot or leg.
Example: Kick the ball into the goal.
verb (with "off" or "out") To eject summarily.
verb To forcibly remove a participant from an online activity.
Example: He was kicked by ChanServ for flooding.
verb To overcome (a bothersome or difficult issue or obstacle); to free oneself of (a problem).
Example: I still smoke, but they keep telling me to kick the habit.
verb To move or push suddenly and violently.
Example: He was kicked sideways by the force of the blast.
verb (of a firearm) To recoil; to push by recoiling.
verb To attack (a piece) in order to force it to move.
verb To accelerate quickly with a few pedal strokes in an effort to break away from other riders.
Example: Contador kicks again to try to rid himself of Rasmussen.
verb To show opposition or resistance.
verb To work a press by impact of the foot on a treadle.
noun One who kicks.
noun One who takes kicks.
noun The kicking strap.
noun An outboard motor.
noun An unexpected situation, detail or circumstance, often unpleasant.
Example: John wants to climb the wall, but the kicker is that it is thirty feet tall.
noun An enticement for investors, e.g. warranty added to the investment contract.
noun An unpaired card which is part of a pair, two pair, or three of a kind poker hand.
Example: Jill's hand was two pair, aces and sevens, with a king kicker.
noun Small text above a headline that indicates the topic of the story.
noun The last one or two paragraphs of a story.
noun A lighthearted or humorous item used to round off a news broadcast.
noun A device that periodically displaces a newspaper from the print production line, to aid in gathering the newspapers into fixed-size bundles.
noun A launch ramp.
noun The fermenting mass of fruit that is the basis of pruno, or "prison wine".
Synonyms: motor
noun A relaxed party.
Synonyms: kickback
noun A backlight positioned at an angle.
Synonyms: kick
noun An introduction; something that leads into the beginning of something.
Example: After the long lead-in, the climax of the story was a disappointment.
noun A region of data at the beginning of a compact disc, holding the table of contents.
noun A short phrase that begins the caption of a photograph.
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