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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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