kick

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Drop kick this customer from your life - it's not worth it.

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Quick take

the act of delivering a blow with the foot; "he gave the ball a powerful kick"; "the team's kicking was excellent"

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of kick gathered in one view.

noun

the act of delivering a blow with the foot; "he gave the ball a powerful kick"; "the team's kicking was excellent"

noun

the swift release of a store of affective force; "they got a great bang out of it"; "what a boot!"; "he got a quick rush from injecting heroin"; "he does it for kicks"

noun

the backward jerk of a gun when it is fired

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for kick.

noun

the act of delivering a blow with the foot; "he gave the ball a powerful kick"; "the team's kicking was excellent"

noun

the swift release of a store of affective force; "they got a great bang out of it"; "what a boot!"; "he got a quick rush from injecting heroin"; "he does it for kicks"

See also: bang, boot, charge, rush, flush, thrill

noun

the backward jerk of a gun when it is fired

noun

informal terms for objecting; "I have a gripe about the service here"

noun

the sudden stimulation provided by strong drink (or certain drugs); "a sidecar is a smooth drink but it has a powerful kick"

noun

a rhythmic thrusting movement of the legs as in swimming or calisthenics; "the kick must be synchronized with the arm movements"; "the swimmer's kicking left a wake behind him"

verb

drive or propel with the foot

verb

thrash about or strike out with the feet

verb

strike with the foot; "The boy kicked the dog"; "Kick the door down"

verb

kick a leg up

verb

spring back, as from a forceful thrust; "The gun kicked back into my shoulder"

verb

stop consuming; "kick a habit"; "give up alcohol"

verb

make a goal; "He kicked the extra point after touchdown"

verb

express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness; "My mother complains all day"; "She has a lot to kick about"

See also: complain, plain, quetch, kvetch

Example sentences

Drop kick this customer from your life - it's not worth it.

"Bathroom doors shouldn't have locks; someone could just kick the door in and then where would you be!

They say it is better to kick someone out of a plane than let these people have a day in court.

The PSF did not kick us out, they pulled us from the main convention and got our side of the story.

This didn't seem like much, except to a young guy that joined the previous year and had done nothing but kick ass and take names.

Sick to the point that I would sacrifice all common ground I may have had with them in order to kick them out of office.

It could even be automated - if I haven't said anything in 10 minutes kick the chair back...

Delink their nodes, cancel them, and kick them to the curb if you're interested in preserving your business.

People I've known who have gone into management generally didn't really want to be programming - it was just the means to kick start their careers.

Now I see it from the other side as an employer, and when I think of the way I acted after I graduated, I want to go back and kick myself.

I interview, and one of them has the right mix of board members to think that a young and energetic "shooting star" is just what they want to kick their revenue in the rear.

You get a shot for a few days that kicks up your normal bodily process of bone marrow production into overdrive, to the point where bone marrow cells enter your bloodstream.

While some level of motivation is necessary to kick start action, too much motivation is a crippling addiction that turns individuals into self-help cult members who follow every move of their marketing guru.