kick

Meanings

Verb

• 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.
• To forcibly remove a participant from an online activity.
• To overcome (a bothersome or difficult issue or obstacle); to free oneself of (a problem).
• To move or push suddenly and violently.
• To recoil; to push by recoiling.
• To attack (a piece) in order to force it to move.
• To accelerate quickly with a few pedal strokes in an effort to break away from other riders.
• To show opposition or resistance.
• To work a press by impact of the foot on a treadle.
• To reset (a watchdog timer).
• 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.
• The removal of a person from an online activity.
• Any bucking motion of an object that lacks legs or feet.
• Piquancy.
• A stimulation provided by an intoxicating substance.
• A pass played by kicking with the foot.
• The distance traveled by kicking the ball.
• A recoil of a gun.
• Pocket.
• An increase in speed in the final part of a running race.
• Synonym of kicker

Origin

• From Middle English kiken, from Old Norse kikna and keikja (compare Old Norse keikr), from Proto-Germanic *kaikaz, of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Proto-Germanic *kī-, *kij-, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵeyH-. Compare also Dutch kijken, Middle Low German kīken. See keek.
• Shortening of kick the bucket.
• Shortening of kick ass