- kick
- {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun1 act of kickingADJECTIVE▪ good, hard, hefty, powerful, sharp, swift, vicious▪
She gave him a hard kick to the stomach.
▪This city could use a good kick in the pants. (AmE, figurative)
▪ karate, roundhouse (AmE), scissor▪Olivia leapt forward with a high karate kick.
▪ high, leg▪an energetic performer using dance routines and high kicks
▪ corner, free, goal, overhead, penalty, spot (all in football/soccer)▪ drop (in rugby and American football)▪ onside (in American football)VERB + KICK▪ give sb/sth▪Give the door a good kick if it won't open.
▪ aim▪ deliver, land, plant▪Roy landed a kick to the man's head.
▪ get, receive▪He had received a painful kick on the knee.
PREPOSITION▪ kick at▪a kick at goal
▪ kick by, kick from▪a kick from Maynard in the last minute of the game
▪ kick in▪a kick in the stomach
▪ kick on▪a kick on the ankle
▪ kick to▪a kick to the ribs
2 feeling of great pleasure/excitementADJECTIVE▪ big, great, huge, realVERB + KICK▪ get▪He gets a real kick out of fixing something so that it can be used again.
▪ give sb▪It gave the youngsters a kick to see their own play on television.
PREPOSITION▪ for kicks▪{{Roman}}II.{{/Roman}}They don't really want the things they steal. They just do it for kicks.
verb1 hit sb/sth with your footADVERB▪ hard, savagely, viciously, violently▪Don't kick the ball too hard.
▪ gently▪Marcia gently kicked the horse again to make it trot.
▪ accidentally, deliberately (esp. BrE)▪He was sent off for deliberately kicking an Italian player.
▪ repeatedly▪Foster admitted punching and kicking the man repeatedly.
▪ around, over▪The boys were kicking a ball around in the yard.
▪Abe roared and kicked over a table.
PREPOSITION▪ against▪She could feel the baby kicking against her stomach wall.
▪Young people often kick against convention. (figurative)
▪ at▪She kicked at the loose pebbles by the roadside.
▪ in▪They threw him to the ground and kicked him hard in the stomach.
▪ on▪She kicked me on the knee.
PHRASES▪ kick a door down▪ kick a door open, kick a door shut▪Suddenly the far door was kicked open.
▪ kick sb to death2 move your feet in the airADVERB▪ frantically, furiously, wildly▪He rolled over in the sand, kicking wildly.
▪ off▪They dropped their bags in the front hall and kicked off their shoes.
PREPOSITION▪ out at▪The horse kicked out at the dog.
▪ with▪I tried to dive back under, kicking with my legs.
PHRASES▪ drag sb kicking and screaming▪The police had to drag her kicking and screaming out of the house.
▪ kick your legs, your legs kick▪The little boy was now lying on his back kicking his legs in the air.
▪I was carried upstairs, arms waving and legs kicking.
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
