Found 2 hits - Term: to kick the bucket, Database: *, Strategy: prefix
- [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
- [2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
bucket \buck"et\, n. oe. boket; cf. as. buc pitcher, or corn.
buket tub.
1. a vessel for drawing up water from a well, or for
catching, holding, or carrying water, sap, or other
liquids.
1913 webster
the old oaken bucket, the iron-bound bucket,
the moss-covered bucket, which hung in the well.
--wordsworth.
1913 webster
2. a vessel as a tub or scoop for hoisting and conveying
coal, ore, grain, etc.
1913 webster
3. mach. one of the receptacles on the rim of a water wheel
into which the water rushes, causing the wheel to revolve;
also, a float of a paddle wheel.
1913 webster
4. the valved piston of a lifting pump.
1913 webster
5. mach. one of vanes on the rotor of a turbine.
pjc
6. mach. a bucketfull.
pjc
fire bucket, a bucket for carrying water to put out fires.
to kick the bucket, to die. low
1913 webster
see also:
bucketfull fire bucket to kick the bucket
Results 1 - 7 of 7 found about to kick the bucket: Kick The Bucket
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Kick The Bucket, definition of term: Kick The Bucket
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