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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 

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Kick The Bucket >> K Words
Kick The Bucket, definition of term: Kick The Bucket
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Kick >> K Words
Kick, definition of term: Kick
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Bucket >> B Words
Bucket, definition of term: Bucket
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Kick Up >> K Words
Kick Up, definition of term: Kick Up
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Kick Around >> K Words
Kick Around, definition of term: Kick Around
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Kick Off >> K Words
Kick Off, definition of term: Kick Off
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Drop Kick >> D Words
Drop Kick, definition of term: Drop Kick
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