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Synonyms for kick
kɪkkick
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kick, boot, kickingnoun
the act of delivering a blow with the foot
"he gave the ball a powerful kick"; "the team's kicking was excellent"
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iron boot, charge, squawk, beef, kicking, rush, bang, recoil, the boot, gripe, iron heel, boot, thrill, flush, bitchbang, boot, charge, rush, flush, thrill, kicknoun
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"
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iron boot, peak, recoil, strike, haste, accusation, thrill, shudder, blossom, commission, electric charge, prime, squawk, belt, explosive charge, blush, fringe, smash, care, hit, knock, bam, complaint, bloom, gripe, heraldic bearing, billing, cathexis, clap, the boot, tutelage, hot flash, eruption, boot, efflorescence, outpouring, bursting charge, smasher, armorial bearing, guardianship, direction, rosiness, kicking, quiver, chill, charge, upsurge, heyday, rushing, frisson, bearing, spate, hurry, tingle, flower, flush, bitch, bang, bash, blast, rush, shiver, burster, iron heel, mission, gush, surge, beefrecoil, kicknoun
the backward jerk of a gun when it is fired
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charge, rebound, repercussion, kicking, squawk, rush, bang, recoil, gripe, backlash, boot, thrill, flush, bitch, beefgripe, kick, beef, bitch, squawknoun
informal terms for objecting
"I have a gripe about the service here"
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charge, squawk, beef, kicking, cunt, rush, beef cattle, bang, recoil, boeuf, gripe, boot, thrill, flush, bitchkicknoun
the sudden stimulation provided by strong drink (or certain drugs)
"a sidecar is a smooth drink but it has a powerful kick"
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charge, squawk, beef, kicking, rush, bang, recoil, gripe, boot, thrill, flush, bitchkick, kickingverb
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"
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charge, squawk, beef, kicking, rush, bang, recoil, gripe, boot, thrill, flush, bitchkickverb
drive or propel with the foot
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recoil, plain, kvetch, quetch, give up, complain, kick back, sound offkickverb
thrash about or strike out with the feet
Synonyms:
recoil, plain, kvetch, quetch, give up, complain, kick back, sound offkickverb
strike with the foot
"The boy kicked the dog"; "Kick the door down"
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recoil, plain, kvetch, quetch, give up, complain, kick back, sound offkickverb
kick a leg up
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recoil, plain, kvetch, quetch, give up, complain, kick back, sound offkick back, recoil, kickverb
spring back, as from a forceful thrust
"The gun kicked back into my shoulder"
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rebound, sound off, kick back, quail, spring, flinch, funk, plain, squinch, ricochet, cringe, give up, bounce, backlash, kvetch, wince, quetch, recoil, backfire, resile, complain, reverberate, take a hop, shrink, boundkick, give upverb
stop consuming
"kick a habit"; "give up alcohol"
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spare, allow, abandon, forfeit, vacate, release, resign, forgo, throw in, kvetch, surrender, part with, fall by the wayside, lay off, waive, throw overboard, quetch, dispense with, recoil, give up, stop, sound off, relinquish, throw in the towel, plain, deliver, renounce, cease, chuck up the sponge, complain, discontinue, kick back, drop out, free, drop by the wayside, forego, quit, cedekickverb
make a goal
"He kicked the extra point after touchdown"
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recoil, plain, kvetch, quetch, give up, complain, kick back, sound offcomplain, kick, plain, sound off, quetch, kvetchverb
express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness
"My mother complains all day"; "She has a lot to kick about"
Synonyms:
recoil, plain, kvetch, quetch, give up, strike up, kick back, animadvert, complain, speak out, sound off, opine, speak up
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
kicknoun
Synonyms:
kicking, oppositionkickverb
Synonyms:
spurn, calcitrate, recalcitrate, winch, resist, oppose, recoil
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How to use kick in a sentence?
When they (the far right) are accommodated they tend to die, the kick-boxer has stopped kick-boxing and starts playing by the Marquess of Queensbury rules.
There are reward systems in the brain. It is a dopamine kick. When you are winning in a game, you get a dopamine kick. If you are doing cocaine, you get the same kick.
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Ricky Here's what I'm gonna ask of you... We're going to be spending the night in New York, so it worked out well for all of us. I want you to take it back to the business class, I want you to round up a couple of honeys... At our hotel room we're gonna have kind of a pool party. California gangster-style, you know what I mean Kick ass pool party thing.
Missed trying to kick. Learn how to aim, my boy, if I wanted to kick you, you know, I would have kicked you right.
Hal:
Whatever happened to that old-fashioned Grandpa If he still survives, he must be hiding in the small towns. You sure don't see him very often in the big city. The big-city Grandpa has gone big time. ... He is the life of every party, and out to prove he is just as young as he ever was. A grandchild who makes the mistake of calling him 'Gramps' is lucky if he isn't rewarded by a quick kick in the stomach.
Translations for kick
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- skopAfrikaans
- رفسArabic
- puntada de peu, cop de peuCatalan, Valencian
- kop, kopnoutCzech
- cicioWelsh
- sparke, sparkDanish
- kicken, schießen, tretenGerman
- piedbatiEsperanto
- patada, coz, puntapié, patearSpanish
- لگد, لگد زدنPersian
- potkia, potku, potkaistaFinnish
- botter, kicker, coup de piedFrench
- breabScottish Gaelic
- בעט, בעיטה, העיףHebrew
- sparka út, sparka, spark, sparka út af, sparka íIcelandic
- piedata, calciare, calcio, colpo di piedeItalian
- 蹴るJapanese
- тебуKazakh
- 발 차기Korean
- لهقه, شهق, شهق لێدانKurdish
- conscindo calcibus, conscindo pedibus, conscindeo calcibusLatin
- ເຕະLao
- spirti, spyris, spardyti, spardytisLithuanian
- spert, spārdīt, spārdīties, spēriensLatvian
- ကန်Burmese
- sparkNorwegian
- stampen, schop, trap, stamp, trappen, schoppen, kickDutch
- sparkNorwegian Nynorsk
- sparke, sparkNorwegian
- wykop, kopać, kopnięciePolish
- chute, chutarPortuguese
- hayt'ayQuechua
- loviRomanian
- лягнуть, пинаться, пинок, лягать, пнуть, лягаться, пинатьRussian
- brcniti, brcaSlovene
- rahaSouthern Sotho
- spark, sparka, kickSwedish
- తాపు, తన్నుTelugu
- لاتUrdu
- đáVietnamese
- 踢Chinese
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