Definition of Kick

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Definition of Kick

Kick

To strike, thrust, or hit violently with the foot; as, a horse kicks a groom; a man kicks a dog.

To thrust out the foot or feet with violence; to strike out with the foot or feet, as in defense or in bad temper; esp., to strike backward, as a horse does, or to have a habit of doing so. Hence, figuratively: To show ugly resistance, opposition, or hostility; to spurn.

To recoil; -- said of a musket, cannon, etc.

A blow with the foot or feet; a striking or thrust with the foot.

The projection on the tang of the blade of a pocket knife, which prevents the edge of the blade from striking the spring. See Illust. of Pocketknife.

A projection in a mold, to form a depression in the surface of the brick.

The recoil of a musket or other firearm, when discharged.

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Kick Quotations

I love to see a young girl go out and grab the world by the lapels. Life's a bitch. You've got to go out and kick ass.
Maya Angelou

Standing ovations have become far too commonplace. What we need are ovations where the audience members all punch and kick one another.
George Carlin

If you could kick the person in the pants responsible for most of your trouble, you wouldn't sit for a month.
Theodore Roosevelt

The human body has two ends on it: one to create with and one to sit on. Sometimes people get their ends reversed. When this happens they need a kick in the seat of the pants.
Theodore Roosevelt

All the adversity I've had in my life, all my troubles and obstacles, have strengthened me... You may not realize it when it happens, but a kick in the teeth may be the best thing in the world for you.
Walt Disney

You may not realize it when it happens, but a kick in the teeth may be the best thing in the world for you.
Walt Disney

If you want to gather honey, don't kick over the beehive.
Dale Carnegie

Once kick the world, and the world and you will live together at a reasonably good understanding.
Jonathan Swift

In order to acquire a growing and lasting respect in society, it is a good thing, if you possess great talent, to give, early in your youth, a very hard kick to the right shin of the society that you love. After that, be a snob.
Salvador Dali

I am in that temper that if I were under water I would scarcely kick to come to the top.
John Keats

Kick Translations

kick in Afrikaans is skop
kick in Danish is sparke, spark
kick in Dutch is schoppen, trappen
kick in French is bottons, bottent, escabeau, bottez, botter
kick in Italian is calcio, pedata, sgambettare
kick in Norwegian is sparke, spark
kick in Swedish is kick, spark, sparka

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