English noun: kick | |||
1. | kick (act) the act of delivering a blow with the foot | ||
Samples | He gave the ball a powerful kick. The team's kicking was excellent. | ||
Synonyms | boot, kicking | ||
Broader (hypernym) | blow | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | dropkick, goal-kick, goal-kick, place kick, place-kicking, punt, punting | ||
2. | kick (feeling) the swift release of a store of affective force | ||
Samples | They got a great bang out of it. What a boot!. He got a quick rush from injecting heroin. He does it for kicks. | ||
Synonyms | bang, boot, charge, flush, rush, thrill | ||
Broader (hypernym) | excitement, exhilaration | ||
3. | kick (event) the backward jerk of a gun when it is fired | ||
Synonyms | recoil | ||
Broader (hypernym) | motion, movement | ||
4. | kick (communication) informal terms for objecting | ||
Samples | I have a gripe about the service here. | ||
Synonyms | beef, bitch, gripe, squawk | ||
Broader (hypernym) | objection | ||
5. | kick (cognition) the sudden stimulation provided by strong drink (or certain drugs) | ||
Samples | A sidecar is a smooth drink but it has a powerful kick. | ||
Broader (hypernym) | input, stimulant, stimulation, stimulus | ||
6. | kick (act) a rhythmic thrusting movement of the legs as in swimming or calisthenics | ||
Samples | The kick must be synchronized with the arm movements. The swimmer's kicking left a wake behind him. | ||
Synonyms | kicking | ||
Broader (hypernym) | motility, motion, move, movement | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | swimming kick | ||
English verb: kick | |||
1. | kick (contact) drive or propel with the foot | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s somebody. Something ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | impel, propel | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | drop-kick, drop-kick, dropkick, dropkick, place-kick, punt | ||
Entail | displace, move | ||
Domain category | athletics, sport | ||
2. | kick (motion) thrash about or strike out with the feet | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s PP | ||
Broader (hypernym) | strike out | ||
3. | kick (contact) strike with the foot | ||
Samples | The boy kicked the dog. Kick the door down. | ||
Examples | They want to kick the prisoners | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody | ||
Broader (hypernym) | hit | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | boot, scuff | ||
4. | kick (motion) kick a leg up | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s | ||
Broader (hypernym) | dance, trip the light fantastic, trip the light fantastic toe | ||
5. | kick (contact) spring back, as from a forceful thrust | ||
Samples | The gun kicked back into my shoulder. | ||
Synonyms | kick back, recoil | ||
Pattern of use | Something ----s | ||
Broader (hypernym) | bounce, bound, rebound, recoil, resile, reverberate, ricochet, spring, take a hop | ||
6. | kick (consumption) stop consuming | ||
Samples | Kick a habit. Give up alcohol. | ||
Synonyms | give up | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s VERB-ing | ||
Broader (hypernym) | dispense with, forego, foreswear, forgo, relinquish, waive | ||
7. | kick (competition) make a goal | ||
Samples | He kicked the extra point after touchdown. | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | hit, rack up, score, tally | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | place-kick | ||
Domain category | football, football game | ||
8. | kick (communication) express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness | ||
Samples | My mother complains all day. She has a lot to kick about. | ||
Synonyms | complain, kvetch, plain, quetch, sound off | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s that CLAUSE | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | backbite, beef, bellyache, bemoan, bewail, bitch, bitch, bleat, crab, croak, deplore, gnarl, gripe, grizzle, grouch, grouse, grumble, grumble, hen-peck, holler, inveigh, lament, murmur, mutter, nag, peck, protest, rail, repine, report, scold, squawk, whine, yammer, yawp | ||
Antonyms | chirk up, cheer up, cheer | ||