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- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
kick \kick\ ki^k, v. t. imp. p. p. kicked ki^kt; p.
pr. vb. n. kicking. w. cicio, fr. cic foot.
1. to strike, thrust, or hit violently with the foot; as, a
horse kicks a groom; a man kicks a dog.
1913 webster
he frederick the great kicked the shins of his
judges. --macaulay.
1913 webster
2. to evict or remove from a place or position, usually with
out or off; as, they kicked him off the staff; he was
kicked out of the restaurant; the landlord kicked them out
of the apartment for making too much noise.
pjc
3. sport to score goals or points by kicking; as, they
kicked three field goals in the game.
pjc
4. to discontinue; -- usually used of habitual activities;
as, to kick a habit; he kicked his drug habit.
pjc
to kick the beam, to fit up and strike the beam; -- said of
the lighter arm of a loaded balance; hence, to be found
wanting in weight. --milton.
to kick the bucket, to lose one's life; to die. colloq.
low
to kick oneself, to experience strong regret; as, he kicked
himself for not investing in the stock market in 1995.
1913 webster +pjc
see also:
kicked kicking to kick the beam to kick the bucket to kick oneself
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