Used in a Sentence

kicked

Definition, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for kicked.

Editorial note

He wrote an app in knowing violation of the terms of use and they kicked him off their platform.

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Parts of speech1

Quick take

(slang, smoking, of a pipe) Empty with nothing left to smoke but ash.

Meaning at a glance

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

adjective

(slang, smoking, of a pipe) Empty with nothing left to smoke but ash.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for kicked.

adjective

(slang, smoking, of a pipe) Empty with nothing left to smoke but ash.

Example sentences

1

He wrote an app in knowing violation of the terms of use and they kicked him off their platform.

2

We kicked out all the foreign car makers 20 years ago and didn't let any of them in since then.

3

StarCraft, DotA) because getting kicked off the computer meant letting my whole team down.

4

You couldn't curse tho because the instructor was a hard ass and kicked people out for typing swear words in the chat.

5

If 2000 people next door to me were kicked out of their homes, I'd be sad for them too.

6

The business units get silo'ed, they build their fiefdoms, a consolidation project gets kicked off and fails, rinse, repeat.

7

Women were kicked out of paying jobs after substantially contributing to the war effort because men came back and expected women to be homemakers.

8

Why would they enjoy being kicked out of their home?

9

My mind kicked in properly, I started swimming hard normal to the rip tide.

10

Wouldn't things get kicked out for lacking notability?

11

You never had the right to say what you like in my house without getting kicked out, and you never had the right to say 'retard' on GitHub.

12

Avoiding pain is an arbitrary metric, but well, the majority doesn't want to be kicked, so let's agree that we shouldn't do that to each other.

Quote examples

1

April 2009 really kicked things off though when Apple put our app, along with Print n Share and FedEx, in a "There's an app for that" tv ad.

2

I nearly left it "unsigned", but my OCD kicked in.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use kicked in a sentence?

He wrote an app in knowing violation of the terms of use and they kicked him off their platform.

What does kicked mean?

(slang, smoking, of a pipe) Empty with nothing left to smoke but ash.

What part of speech is kicked?

kicked is commonly used as adjective.