All English words - page 2827

Meanings of Kick-around:

phrasal verb

(of a thing) lie unwanted or unexploited.

Usage examples:

The idea has been kicking around for more than a year now

Meanings of Kick-down:

phrasal verb

Change quickly into a lower gear in a car with an automatic transmission by a sudden full depression of the accelerator.

Usage examples:

I kicked down on the accelerator to change gear

idiom

To criticize or take unfair advantage of someone when they are in a weak position

Usage examples:

It's typical of the boss to kick someone when they're down.

Meanings of Kick-in:

phrasal verb

Come into effect or operation.

Usage examples:

The hospital's emergency generators kicked in

Meanings of Kick-in-the-butt:

idiom

Punishment inflicted by kicking the victim in the behind

Meanings of Kick-in-the-teeth:

idiom

If you describe the way someone treats you as a kick in the teeth, you mean that that person treats you badly and unfairly, especially at a time when you need their support

Usage examples:

She was dismissed from her job, which was a real kick in the teeth after all the work she'd done.

Meanings of Kick-start:

verb

To make something start to happen, happen more quickly, or improve

Usage examples:

Taxes were drastically cut in an attempt to kick-start the economy., a substantial pay rise for eve…

Meanings of Kick-the-bucket:

phrase

Die

Usage examples:

When the old girl finally kicked the bucket there was no mention of yours truly in the will

idiom

Infml to die

Meanings of Kick-up-a-fuss:

idiom

To show great anger about something, especially when this does not seem necessary

Usage examples:

He kicked up a tremendous fuss about having to wait.

Meanings of Kick-up-a-stink:

idiom

To make a strong public complaint

Usage examples:

She created a stink about the lack of recycling facilities in the town.

Meanings of Kick-up-the-backside:

idiom

The act of telling someone forcefully to start doing something more quickly or actively

Usage examples:

She's so lazy - she needs a good boot up the backside.

Meanings of Kick-upstairs:

idiom

To give someone a new job that seems more powerful but is really less powerful, usually in order to stop them causing trouble for you

Meanings of Kick-yourself:

verb

To hit someone or something with the foot, or to move the feet and legs suddenly and violently

Usage examples:

[ t ] i kicked the ball as hard as i could., [ i ] i kicked at the leaves, hoping to find the ring …

Meanings of Kickapoo:

noun

A member of a north american people formerly living in wisconsin, and now in kansas, oklahoma, and northern central mexico.

Usage examples:

Historically recorded groups include apaches, comanches, kickapoos, and kiowas.

adjective

Relating to the kickapoo or their language.

Usage examples:

Though the kickapoo tribe sold the land to the federal government in 1815, the miamis argued that t…

Meanings of Kickback:

noun

A sudden forceful recoil.

Usage examples:

The kickback from the gun punches your shoulder

Meanings of Kickbacks:

noun

A sudden forceful recoil.

Usage examples:

The kickback from the gun punches your shoulder

Meanings of Kickball:

noun

An informal game combining elements of baseball and soccer, in which a soccer ball is thrown to a person who kicks it and proceeds to run the bases.

Usage examples:

I like soccer, volleyball, football, kickball, and some softball.

Meanings of Kickboard:

noun

A light flat object that floats on water and that you hold onto when learning to swim, or when you want to swim using only your legs, or only your arms

Usage examples:

Megan is five and uses a kickboard during her swimming lesson., to exercise your lower body, hold a…

Meanings of Kickdown:

noun

A device for changing gear in a motor vehicle with automatic transmission by full depression of the accelerator.

Usage examples:

But i could also do the same in the auto mode, and quicker, with the accelerator kick-down.

Meanings of Kicked:

verb

Strike or propel forcibly with the foot.

Usage examples:

I think someone just kicked down my door

noun

A blow or forceful thrust with the foot.

Usage examples:

A kick in the head

Meanings of Kicker:

noun

A person or animal that kicks.

Usage examples:

The horses were either biters or kickers

Meanings of Kickers:

noun

A person or animal that kicks.

Usage examples:

The horses were either biters or kickers

Meanings of Kickier:

adjective

Exciting; fashionable.

Usage examples:

Kicky high-heeled boots

Meanings of Kickiest:

adjective

Exciting; fashionable.

Usage examples:

Kicky high-heeled boots

Meanings of Kicking:

noun

An assault in which the victim is kicked repeatedly.

Usage examples:

They gave him a good kicking

adjective

Lively and exciting.

Usage examples:

Their seriously kicking debut, ‘paradise’

verb

Strike or propel forcibly with the foot.

Usage examples:

I think someone just kicked down my door

Meanings of Kickoff:

noun

The start or resumption of a soccer match, in which a player kicks the ball from the centre spot.

Usage examples:

Three minutes before kick-off