Kick

Definition: Kick

Kick

Noun

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

2. The swift release of a store of affective force; "they got a great bang out of it"; "what a rush!"; "he does it for kicks".

3. The backward jerk of a gun when it is fired.

4. Informal terms for objecting; "I have a gripe about the service here".

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

6. 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

1. Drive or propel with the foot, as in sports such as football.

2. Thrash about or strike out with the feet.

3. Strike with the foot; "The boy kicked the dog"; "Kick the door down".

4. Kick a leg up.

5. Spring back, as from a forceful thrust; "The gun kicked back into my shoulder".

6. Stop consuming; "kick a habit".

7. Make a goal; "He kicked the extra point after touchdown".

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

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "kick" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references)

Computing

Food & Agriculture

Literature

Medicine

Mining

Public Administration

Sports & Leisure

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Synonyms: Kick

Attack

Cut, thrust, lunge, pass, passado, carte and tierce, home thrust; coupe de bec; kick, punch; (impulse).

Cut and thrust, bayonet, butt; kick, strike; (impulse); whip; (punish).

Contempt

Turn one's back upon, turn a cold shoulder upon; tread upon, trample upon, trample under foot; spurn, kick; fling to the winds; (repudiate); send away with a flea in the ear.

Impulse

Strike, knock, hit, tap, rap, slap, flap, dab, pat, thump, beat, blow, bang, slam, dash; punch, thwack, whack; hit hard, strike hard; swap, batter, dowse, baste; pelt, patter, buffet, belabor; fetch one a blow; poke at, pink, lunge, yerk; kick, calcitrate; butt, strike at; (attack); whip c. (punish).

Blow, dint, stroke, knock, tap, rap, slap, smack, pat, dab; fillip; slam, bang; hit, whack, thwack; cuff; squash, dowse, swap, whap, punch, thump, pelt, kick, punce, calcitration; ruade; arietation; cut, thrust, lunge, yerk; carom, carrom, clip, jab, plug, sidewinder, sidewipe, sideswipe.

Punishment

Lash, scaffold; (instrument of punishment); imprisonment; (restraint); transportation, banishment, expulsion, exile, involuntary exile, ostracism; penal servitude, hard labor; galleys; beating;Verb: flagellation, fustigation, gantlet, strappado, estrapade, bastinado, argumentum baculinum, stick law, rap on the knuckles, box on the ear; blow; (impulse); stripe, cuff, kick, buffet, pummel; slap, slap in the face; wipe, douse; coup de grace; torture, rack; picket, picketing; dragonnade.

Recoil

Noun: recoil; reaction, retroaction; revulsion; bounce, rebound, ricochet; repercussion, recalcitration; kick, contrecoup; springing back; Verb: elasticity; reflection, reflexion, reflex, reflux; reverberation; (resonance); rebuff, repulse; return.

Crosswords: Kick

German (kick), Swedish (kick).

Mister, if you don't shut up I'm gonna kick one hundred percent of your ass (Fast Times at Ridgemont High; writing credit: Cameron Crowe.)

Ya got a good kick fer a fat fella (Snatch.; writing credit: Guy Ritchie)

Good kick, Lee (Rush Hour 2; writing credit: Jeff Nathanson)

If you want to be a peacemaker, you've gotta learn to kick ass. (Superman II; writing credit: Jerry Siegel; Joe Shuster)

My daddy'll kick your daddy's ass all the way from here to China, Japan, wherever the hell you from and all up that Great Wall too. (Rush Hour; writing credit: Jim Kouf)

Lisa know we kick it when we bust the dust, (Blow Your Mind; performing artist: Baha Men)

Don’t try to kick me when I’m down (THE MAIN EVENT/FIGHT; performing artist: Barbra Streisand)

Sooner or later you'll feel that momentum kick in (You're Only Human (Second Wind); performing artist: Billy Joel)

The first kick I took was when I hit the ground ("Born in the U.S.A."; performing artist: Bruce Springsteen)

Kick out the devil's sin, pick up, pick up a good book now (On The Road To Find Out; performing artist: Cat Stevens)

Come kick six sticks quick. (references; author: unknown)

Kick (1999)

A Kick in Time (1940)

Never Kick a Woman (1936)

Kick In (1931)

The Big Kick (1930)

Love Is On The Way (performing artist: Saigon Kick)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• Addicted to War: Why the U.S. Can't Kick Militarism (reference)

• Kick Off Your Career (reference)

• Kick, Pass, and Run (I Can Read) (reference)

• Struts Kick Start (reference)

• The Million Dollar Kick (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Kick (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies

• 3 Ninjas Kick Back (reference)

• Kick Butt Kombo (reference)

• The New Method 20/20 - Cardio Kick (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Kick [ORIGINAL RECORDING REMASTERED] [EXTRA TRACKS] (reference)

• Kick Out the Jams [LIVE] (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech

• Kick Boxing (reference)

• Kick Master (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

Consumer Goods

• Kick 'n Play Bouncer (reference)

  (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)

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Georges Bank starting to kick up a little bit. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.

Team members from the Air Combat Command Communications Group at Langley Air Force Base, Va., trek up a steep hill during a 6.2-mile forced march to kick off the inaugural Wilderness Challenge 2000 competition near the New River Gorge National River in We.

If You Won't Kick An Old Habit, Start A New One. : Use Condoms. There's Living Proof They Stop AIDS. / Photography by Jerry Seidl. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Kick the Habit Before You Kick the Bucket. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Take that Jackal and kick him into the street. Credit: Library of Congress.

All set for the kick off. Credit: Library of Congress.

Sorry boys -- I've something to kick around here at home. Credit: Library of Congress.

Help Uncle Sam kick the habit!. Credit: Library of Congress.

Charlotte Hall Military Academy. Football player, preparing to kick ball. Credit: Library of Congress.

Grand football match--darktown against Blackville: a kick off. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Then he went up and gave the door a kick with one of his great feet

As soon as he had gone, the Thenardiess profited by his absence to give Cosette under the table a severe kick, which made the child shriek

A gentle kick from the tall boy in the bench behind urged Stephen to ask a difficult question

So they kick you out, they move you along

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Business

The snowball effect would kick in after 2000 if Poland begins to make more than 1 million cars annually. (references)

Civil Liberties

Cameroon

He was detained overnight at Yaounde's central police station on accusations that he criticized the police in his daily radio program "Free Kick." The state-owned Cameroon Radio and Television (CRTV) broadcasts on both television and radio and is the only officially recognized and fully licensed broadcaster in the country. (references)

Economic History

Sweden

This summary hasn't mentioned the growing importance of the biotechnology sector, which along with the related pharmaceutical sector is alive and growing, and could kick in a second wave of growth within this decade. (references)

Human Rights

Brazil

Recepcao occurs when adolescents are transferred to a different facility and must pass through two rows of guards who kick, beat, and scream at them. (references)

Political Economy

HONG KONG

However, authorities generally resisted pressure for large-scale government expenditures to kick start the economy. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Expressions using "kick": apogee kick motor ♦ apogee kick stage ♦ bicycle kick ♦ convert a penalty kick ♦ corner kick ♦ dolphin kick ♦ Drop kick ♦ flutter kick ♦ free kick ♦ frog kick ♦ get a kick out of ♦ get a kick out of doing smth. ♦ give a kick ♦ goal kick ♦ good kick ♦ he gets a kick out of fishing ♦ kick about ♦ kick against ♦ kick against the pricks ♦ kick and stamp ♦ kick around ♦ kick aside ♦ kick at ♦ kick away ♦ kick back ♦ kick crank ♦ kick down ♦ kick down the ladder ♦ kick downstairs ♦ kick in ♦ kick in the butt ♦ kick it! ♦ kick off ♦ kick one's heels ♦ kick open ♦ kick out ♦ kick out of school ♦ kick over ♦ kick over the traces ♦ kick pleat ♦ kick smb. out ♦ kick smb.'s behind ♦ kick stand ♦ kick start ♦ kick starter ♦ kick the beam ♦ kick the bejesus out of smb. ♦ kick the bucket ♦ kick the goal ♦ kick the habit ♦ kick turn ♦ kick up ♦ kick up a dust ♦ kick up a fuss ♦ kick up a racket ♦ kick up a row ♦ kick up a shine ♦ kick up a stink ♦ kick up one's heels ♦ kick up shindy ♦ kick up the dust ♦ kick upstairs ♦ kick with both hind feet ♦ loop kick ♦ onside kick ♦ penalty kick ♦ place kick ♦ raise or kick up dust ♦ scissor kick ♦ scissors kick ♦ side kick ♦ swimming kick ♦ take a free kick ♦ take the goal kick ♦ to kick oneself ♦ To kick the beam ♦ To kick the bucket ♦ to kick up dust ♦ top kick. Additional references.

Beginning with "kick": kick-about, kick-ahead, kick-and-chase, kick-and-run, kick-and-rush, kick-around, kick-ass, kick-back, kick-backs, kick-board, kick-boxing, kick-carcass, kick-down, kick-in, kick-off, kick-offs, kick-out, kick-point, kick-start, kick-started, kick-starting, kick-starts, kick-the, kick-the-can, kick-through, kick-turn, kick-up.

Ending with "kick": corner-kick, free-kick, side-kick, spot-kick.

Afrikaans

skop. (various references)

Albanian

kundërshtoj (censure, challenge, combat, condemn, contest, contradict, controvert, counter, cross, demur, deprecate, discountenance, discourage, dispute, flout, fly in the face of, gainsay, impugn, mind, object, oppose, oppugn, protest, react, rebel, rebuke, rebut, recalcitrate, refuse, resist, retort, set one's face against, stick to, stickle, Stonewall, take exception to), kënaqësi (amenity, content, delectation, delight, enjoyment, feast, fun, gladness, gratification, jocundity, pleasure, relish, satisfaction, treat), kundërshtim (censure, challenge, contradiction, contrast, demur, demurrer, deprecation, dispraise, exception, objection, obtestation, opposition, protest, reaction, rebellion, rebuff, rebuttal, recalcitrance, retort, return, set down, Stonewall, stonewalling), efekt (effect, glamor, glamour, impact), gjuaj me shkelm, gjuaj mr këmbë, gjuajtje (hit, shoot, shooting, stroke), heq dorë (abdicate, cede, chuck, depart, drop it, give oneself up to, give up, let up, release, remise, resign, tek pupa), ankesë (beef, clamor, clamour, gravamen, grievance, growl, moan, plaint, remonstrance), nxitje (abetment, challenge, cheer, countenance, dare, dig, drive, egging, encouragement, exhortation, fomentation, impetus, impulsion, incentive, incitement, inducement, instancy, instigation, oestrum, oestrus, pressure, prod, prompt, prompting, stimulation, stimulus, urge), zmbrapsje (check, climbdown, recoil, repercussion, repulse, retreat, return, revulsion, wince), qarje (cavil, complaint, cry, grumble, lament, mourning, plaint, snivel), shënoj (aim, arrow, book, calendar, catalogue, chalk, charge, commit to paper, denote, earmark, indicate, itemize, jot down, Mark, note, note down, pencil, post, punch, put down, record, remark, score, scribe, set off, sink, tally, tick off, write down), shkelm (boot, spurn), shkelmim, shkelmoj (boot, lash, spurn), zbythet, zbythje (climbdown, recession, recoil, repercussion, shy), zmbrapset, ngazëllim (cheer, ecstasy, elation, enthusiasm, exultancy, exultation, flush, gladness, jubilance, Jubilate, jubilation, rapture, vibrancy, vibration). (various references)

Arabic 

‏الصفة المنبهة, ‏ركل (boot, stamp), ‏ركلة, ‏رفس (fling), ‏رفس كرة القدم, ‏رفسة (hack), ‏إرتداد (apostasy, bounce, defection, rebound, recall, recantation, recess, recoil, reflection, reflexion, regress, relapse, renunciation, repercussion, retroversion, reverberation, withdrawal), ‏شب, ‏إنطلاق (airiness, break, dash, discharge, flight, get away, licking, rush, starting, take off), ‏نشاط (action, activity, alacrity, bang, bounce, energy, forcefulness, ginger, go, lift, liveliness, mettle, momentum, movement, pep, promptitude, prosperity, pursuit, spirit, spunk, stir, strenuousness, tuck, verve, vigor, vigour, vim, virility, zip), ‏جول سقط, ‏صد (alienation, baffle, balk, baulk, bear down, beat, beat off, blast, estop, estoppel, exclusion, fend, fend off, fight off, hit, hit back, hold off, jolt, negative, parry, poach, push, push aside, push back, quash, rebuff, repel, repudiate, repulse, repulsion, return, riposte, snub, spurn, stamp down, stave, stay, stay away, stem, throwback, toss, turn away, ward, ward off), ‏عصى (disobey, rebel, strain), ‏سجل هدف (goal), ‏تراجع (back away, back down, back up, backwards, blemish, degradation, draw back, drawback, fall back, fall behind, give back, give ground, give the right of way, lose ground, move back, palinode, recede, recess, recession, recoil, regress, regression, renege, retire, retract, retraction, retreat, retreating, retrogression, sell out, stand, take back, turn back, unsay, withdraw), ‏تحرر من الإدمان, ‏حركة القدمين (footwork), ‏إعتراض (blockage, demur, exception, interception, intervention, objection, protest, protestation, quibble, remonstrance, stop, stoppage). (various references)

Bulgarian 

къч, протестирам (declaim, object, obtest, outcry, protest, remonstrate, up in arms), нова мания, оплакване (complaint, grumble, jeremiad, lament, lamentation, moan, mourning, plaint, sorrow, ululation, wail), опъвам се (demur, jib, stand up, stick up to smb., strain at), откат (recoil), протест (caveat, expostulation, objection, obtestation, outcry, protest, protestation, rebellion, remonstrance), кеф (kief, luxury), удоволствие (amusement, delectation, delight, enjoyment, gratification, gusto, joy, luxury, pleasance, pleasure, relish, satisfaction, sport), хвърлям къч (kick out), ритам (balk, boot, fling, lash, recoil, toe), ритане (backstroke, recoil), ритник (charge, spurn), ритване, сила (definition, drive, dynamism, effect, energy, feck, fiber, fibre, flush, force, forcefulness, forte, goodness, hardness, impetus, intension, intensity, inwardness, lustiness, medium, might, mightiness, muscle, muscularity, nerve, pith, potency, power, prowess, punch, sinews, snap, stamina, strength, stringency, tenacity, thews, tuck, vehemence, verve, vigor, vigour, vim, vinegar, violence, virility, virtue, virulence, vis, volume, zap, zip), отскачам (bounce, bound, carom, glance, jump, jump back, nip, rebound, recoil, resile, skip, spring, take off). (various references)

Chinese 

蹴 (carefully, stamp, tread on), 踹 (trample), 踶 (tread on), 踢 (play), 反�'�力. (various references)

Czech

kopnutí (hack), kopat (dig, kick out, pick), kopanec, kop, zábava (amusement, delectation, distraction, diversion, entertainment, festivity, fun, occupation, pastime, ploy, pursuit, recreation, sport, treat), vzrušení (arousal, buzz, emotion, excitement, flutter, racket, state, thrill, upset), trhat zpìt, střela (bullet, missile, projectile, shaft, slug), pomstít se (avenge oneself on, get one's own back, retaliate, revenge oneself, wreak vengeance). (various references)

Danish

sparke, spark. (various references)

Dutch

trappen (pedal), schoppen (prick, spades, sting). (various references)

Esperanto

piedbato, piedbati. (various references)

Farsi 

پس زنی (Backlash, Backstroke, Jib, Rebuttal, Recess, Repercussion, Repulse), لگدزدن (Boot, Hoof, Kickback, Poach), لگد (Hurl, Trample, Yerk), تندی (Acerbity, Acrimony, Discourtesy, Ginger, Heat, Impetuosity, Pace, Pungency, Rapidity, Rigor, Speed, Vehemence, Velocity, Violence, Virulence), باپازدن . (various references)

Finnish

tyven ponnahdus, takapotku (backlash, kickback), potku, potkia. (various references)

French

recul (kickback). (various references)

German

tritt (footprint, footstep, hack, kicks, mating, pace, running board, stair, step, stride, tread, treadle, treads, walk), treten (begin, enter, go, mate with, pace, pedal, press, shove about, shove around, stalk, start, step, stride, tread, walk), strampeln (flail about, pedal, slave, struggle, thrash about), stoßen (abut, buffet, bump, bumps, Bury, butt, dig, hustle, impinge, jab, jerk, jog, knock, nudge, plunge, poke, pond, prod, punch, punt, push, push across, push out, push over, put, ram, shag, shoulder, shove, stricken, stub, thrust, to bump, to hustle, to knock (at)), stoß (barge, batch, belch, biff, blast, blow, brunt, bump, burst, butt, dig, gasp, hit, impact, jab, jog, joint, jolt, knock, mound, nudge, pile, poke, prod, punch, push, put, rush, selvage, shock, shove, shunt, stab, stack, stope, stroke, throw, thrust, tilt, tremor, volley), kick (flash, rush), Fußtritt (footprint, footstep). (various references)

Greek 

διεγερτικό (stimulus). (various references)

Hebrew 

לפרכס (have spasms, jerk, squirm), לבעוט (boot, despise, trample), לבטוש (beat, grind, stamp, trample, tread), �"�"יפ�" (jolt, lunge, lurch, push, thrust), בעיט�" (shot), בטיש�" (knock, tamping). (various references)

Hungarian

rúgás (bang, boot, kicking, recoil, shot), erő (dint, flourish, force, fortitude, nerve, pith, potency, punch, strength, stress, sturdiness, vigour, zip), energia (drive, energy, force, gimp, guts, pep, power, punch, snap, zip), ellenállás (capacitance, contrariness, counter-move, drag, opposition, reacting force, rebellion, reluctance, resistance, resistor, rheostat, stamina, stand, strength, traverse), ütés (bang, bash, beat, blow, bump, bust, clap, clash, clashing, clinker, clout, cut, dent, hit, jab, jolt, knock, knocking, percussion, prod, punch, slap, slosh, snick, spank, strike, striking, stroke, swipe, thump, thwack, to come to bat, whack, wham). (various references)

Indonesian

sepak, sentakan (jerk, jog, jolt, tug, yank), menyepak, menendang, gepak. (various references)

Italian

sgambettare (about, scamper, toddle), pedata (footprint, footstep, tread), calcio (calcium, coup de pied, football, soccer). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

足蹴 , 反動 (reaction, recoil), キー入力 (ATM card, automatic teller machine, birch sugar, cache, cash, cash card, cash machine, cashbook, cashbox, cashier, cashless, cashless checkless society, cashless society, casserole, cast, caster, Castilian, casting, casting vote, caterpillar, Cathay, chimera, chinoform, Cicero, flexi-teller, hickey, key, kibbutz, kickback, kickboxing, kickoff, kid, kiddie, kiddy, kids business, kimchee, kinesics, kinesiology, kinetic art, kiosk, kip, kiss, kiss-and-ride system, kit, kitchen, kitchen cabinet, kitchen drinker, kitchen programmer, kitchenware, Kitchin cycle, Kitsch, kiwi, kiwi fruit, Korean pickled cabbage, kymograph, lipstick mark, love bite, newscaster, passion mark, quinine, xenon, Xenon arc lamp, Xenon lamp, xylitol). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

キック , あし�' (dappled grey, grey horse), は�"どう (reaction, recoil). (various references)

Korean 

걷어차기. (various references)

Manx

sprettal (kicking, shove, stretch of dying animal), spret (kick out, last stretch, shove, start, struggle), brebbey (kicking, push with foot), brebbal (push with foot, to boot, twitch, waver), breb (push with foot). (various references)

Norwegian

sparke (fire), spark. (various references)

Pig Latin

ickkay.(various references)

Portuguese

recuo (backing, backlash, backward travel, dereliction, fallback, flinch, rebound, recess, recession, recoil, resign, retirement, retreat, return, slip), pontapé (bang, boot, fling, shoot, shot), chute (lie, shot). (various references)

Romanian

lovi cu piciorul (hack), a-şi arãta nemulţumirea, abatere (anomaly, deflection, departure, deviation, digression, error, exception, excursion, licence, license, obliquity, swerve, transgression), şoc (concussion, dash, hit, jar, jerk, jolt, percussion, reaction, shock), azvârli (cast, catapult, chuck, discharge, drop, fling, hurl, jet, launch, precipitate, project, send, shoot, slam, sling, throw, toss, tumble), azvârli sus, cârti (blaspheme, grumble, niggle, scold, slander), da cu copita, da din picioare, înscrie un gol, fi nãrãvaş, vlagã (force, pith, powerlessness, punch, sap, tone), loviturã (attack, bang, bat, beat, beating, blow, box, bump, burglary, butt, calamity, cant, clap, clip, coup, cuff, dash, drive, fib, flap, go, heading, hit, hunch, hurt, jab, jolt, knock, lick, master stroke, pelt, push, round, set back, shack, shock, shot, slash, sling, smack, smash, stab, stick, strike, stroke, sweep, thrust), loviturã cu piciorul (spurn), modã (custom, fashion, go, rage, run, style, vogue), murmura (babble, Bicker, brawl, breathe, chatter, croak, growl, grumble, gurgle, moan, mumble, murmur, mutter, Pearl, prattle, purl, ripple, round, rustle, sough, warble, whisper), protesta (boo, expostulate, lodge a protest, make opposition, object, protest), recul (rebound, rebuff, recession, recoil), rezistenţã (endurance, lasting, opponency, opposition, proof, reliability, reluctance, resistance, stamina, stand, stoutness, strength, tolerance of, toughness), sãri în sus, face recul. (various references)

Russian 

отдача (efficiency, output, rebound, recoil, repercussion, return), протест (demur, deprecation, objection, obtestation, outcry, protest, protestation, remonstrance, revolt), бить по мячу, бить удар (beats), брыкание, брыкать, лягать, лягаться, пинок (dig, footer), отдавать (give, give away, render), удовольствие (bang, content, delight, enjoyment, gusto, joy, pleasure, real jam, relish, treat), вдавленное дно бутылки, возбуждение (ebullience, ebulliency, effervescence, effervescency, excitation, excitement, exhilaration, ferment, fermentation, field, flurry, fluster, fume, incitement, irritation, thrill, twitter), высоко подбрасывать, крепость (alcazar, citadel, concentration, fastness, firmness, fortress, hardiness, hardness, heartiness, lustiness, presidio, strength, stronghold), удар (a smack in the eye /in the face/, apoplexy, bash, blow, box, buffet, bump, cant, chop, clap, cob, cut, dash, fit of apoplexy, hit, impact, impingement, jab, knock, loft, lunge, percussion, pick, push, putt, shock, stabbings, stroke, swat, thrust, wallop, well-judged blow, welt), удар ногой (punt), ударять ногой, жаловаться (beef, bitch, complain, lament, natter, squawk). (various references)

Scottish

ceig (a kick, a mass of shag), breab (a kick, spurn). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

udariti nogom (boot), udarac nogom, uživanje (delight, enjoyment, fruition, pleasure, treat, use, zest), trzati (jerk), trzanje (jolting, recoil, start, wince), stimulacija (stimulation), snaga (brawn, clout, firmness, force, leverage, might, potency, power, rankness, sap, sinew, stamina, strength, sturdiness, vigor, vigour, wallop), ritati, žaliti (bewail, deplore, lament, mourn, regret, rue, spare), žalba (bellyache, bitch, complaint, grievance, gripe, plaint, query), šut (hornless, hummel, shot). (various references)

Spanish

patada (boot, punt, stamp), puntapié (hack, spurn), coz (butt, flash, rush), cocear. (various references)

Sranan

skopu. (various references)

Swedish

sparka (boot, fire, hoof), spark, kick. (various references)

Tagalog

sipáin. (various references)

Thai

เตะ, การเตะ. (various references)

Turkish

karşı gelme (contravention, infringement, noncompliance, non-compliance, objection, protest, resistance), tekme (hack), çitme atmak, bırakmak (abandon, allow, break oneself of a habit, chuck, consign, demise, discontinue, dismiss, dispose of, drop, drop in, drop out, edge out, expose, fail, forego, forgo, forsake, give over, give up, go without, grow, hand down, jack in, jilt, lay down, lay off, leave, leave off, let, let go, let smb. have it, offload, outgrow, plant, put, put away, put off, put to, quit, release, release one's hold, relinquish, renounce, resign, revolt from, stop, surrender, take one's farewell of, throw over, unclasp, unlearn, unloose, walk out), enerji (drive, energy, guts, pep, pith, power, snap, steam, verve, vigor, vigour, vim, vinegar), geri tepme (back fire, backfire, jump, reaction, rebound, recoil, repercussion, repulse, repulsion, return, reverse), geri tepmek (back fire, backfire, boomerang, kick back, recoil, recoil on), heyecan (affect, agitation, animation, Ardor, ardour, bang, commotion, dither, drama, emotion, enthusiasm, exaltation, excitement, ferment, fermentation, fever, fire, flap, flurry, flush, flutter, furor, furore, glow, pucker, razzle-dazzle, rhapsody, ruffle, sensation, shiver, spice, spring tide, stir, taking, tension, the shivers, thrill, tingle, twitter, vibes, vibration, wallop, warmth, yeast), sızlanmak (beef, belly, bemoan, complain, gripe, grizzle, groan, grunt, squeal, whimper, whine), çifte (double, double barelled gun, kick with both hind feet, shotgun), teklemek (act up, hesitate, knock, misfire, skip, stutter), zevk (bang, delectation, delight, enjoyment, fancy, good taste, gratification, gusto, indulgence, like, liking, luxury, meat, pleasure, relish, savor, savour, sweet, taste, treat), tekme atmak (boot, give a kick, hack, kick in, spurn, toe), tekmelemek (boot, give a kick), tepinmek (kick and stamp, stamp, stomp), tepme (kicking, reaction), tepmek (boot, chuck away, foot it, scout, spurn, tuck), vazgeçmek (abandon, back down, back down from, back out, back out of, back track, backtrack, be off, beat a retreat, cease, cede, change one's mind, cry off, cut loose, declare off, desist, disclaim, dispense with, do without, drop the reins, forbear, forego, forgo, forsake, give over, give up, go without, jack in, leave, leave off, opt out, quit, recant, recede, relinquish, remit, renounce, resign, retract, sink, Stow, surrender, swerve, throw over, throw up, turn about, turn around, turn up, unlearn, waive, wangle, wangle out of), yakınma (beef, complaint, grievance, gripe, grumble, jeremiad, plaint, remonstrance), yakınmak (beef, belly, bemoan, complain, gripe, grizzle, grouch, grumble, rail, repine), sertlik (asperity, austerity, bitterness, curtness, fierceness, firmness, hardness, harshness, headiness, inclemency, intemperance, pungency, rigidity, rigor, rigour, severity, sharpness, solidity, starch, sternness, stiffness, stoniness, strength, strictness, stringency, tartness, toughness, vehemence, wiriness). (various references)

Turkmen 

depmek. (various references)

Ukrainian

стусан (cant, dab, dig, prod, spurn, thrust, wakener, wap), ударяти ногою, удар м'ячем, удар (bat, beat, biff, bobbing, buffet, bunt, cant, chop, clap, cracker, hit, impact, impingement, impulsion, jolt, knock, onslaught, percussion, pick, push, put, shock, shot, smite, spat, stab, strike, stroke, tick, tilt, wap), задоволення (amusement, bang, content, contentment, delectation, delight, enjoyment, gratification, gusto, picnic, pleasure, relish, repletion, satisfaction, treat), брикатися (buck, cavort), поштовх (concussion, fillip, hit, hitch, impetus, impulse, jog, joggle, poke, propulsion, push, put, shake, shock, thrust, toss). (various references)

Vietnamese 

việc bất ngờ bị đá bị đuổi, sức bật, sự phản kháng (deprecation, protest, protestation, remonstrance), lý do phản đối, cái đá, bực mình khó chịu nhiều hơn l� thích thú, bị sa thải bị chửi nhiều được khen ít. (various references)

Welsh

gwingo (fidget, struggle, wriggle, writhe), cicio, cic. (various references)

calcitrabant, calcitrantium, recalcitravit. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations

Words beginning with "kick": kickable, kickback, kickbacks, kickball, kickballs, kickboard, kickboards, kickboxer, kickboxers, kickboxing, kickboxings, kicked, kicker, kickers, kickier, kickiest, kicking, kickoff, kickoffs, kicks, kickshaw, kickshaws, kickstand, kickstands, kickstart, kickstarted, kickstarting, kickstarts, kickup, kickups, kicky. (additional references)

Words ending with "kick": dropkick, miskick, outkick, placekick, sidekick, topkick. (additional references)

Words containing "kick": antikickback, dropkicker, dropkickers, dropkicks, miskicked, miskicking, miskicks, outkicked, outkicking, outkicks, placekicked, placekicker, placekickers, placekicking, placekicks, sidekicks, topkicks. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Kick" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: cic, Cicek, cick, ckick, ick, kack, kacki, Kahk, kak, kashk, Kci, Kcie, Keco, kek, Kekko, kerk, kewk, kiack, kiak, kic, kich, kicky, kiki, Kiko, kiku, Kikuko, Kincl, kix, klic, Klik, Klinck, knickn, Kocak, kock, Krick, Kricka, kuack, kuck, Kuik, Kuk, kwick, Uicc, ukccc, ukic, zick. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: ick.

+1 letter: kicks, kicky.

+2 letters: kicked, kicker, kickup.

+3 letters: kecking, kickers, kickier, kicking, kickoff, kickups, killick, killock, miskick, outkick, topkick.

+4 letters: buckskin, cocklike, corklike, dropkick, kazachki, keckling, kickable, kickback, kickball, kickiest, kickoffs, kickshaw, killicks, killocks, knacking, knickers, knocking, miskicks, necklike, nicknack, outkicks, picklock, pickwick, rickrack, rocklike, sacklike, sidekick, skipjack, ticktack, ticktock, topkicks.

+5 letters: antiknock, brickwork, buckskins, clocklike, dropkicks, jackknife, kickbacks, kickballs, kickboard, kickboxer, kickshaws, kickstand, kickstart, knucklier, knuckling, miskicked, nicknacks, outkicked, pickaback, picklocks, pickthank, pickwicks, placekick, rickracks, sidekicks, skipjacks, slickrock, sticklike, stickwork, ticktacks, ticktocks.