Definitions for kicks

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Spelling: [kik]

IPA: /kɪk/

Kicks is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 28 anagrams from letters in kicks (cikks).

Definitions for kicks

noun

1. the act of kicking; a blow or thrust with the foot or feet.
2. power or disposition to kick:
3. Informal. an objection or complaint.
4. Informal. thrill; pleasurable excitement: a strong but temporary interest, often an activity:
5. Informal. a stimulating or intoxicating quality in alcoholic drink. vim, vigor, or energy.
6. Football. an instance of kicking the ball. any method of kicking the ball: a kicked ball. the distance such a ball travels. a turn at kicking the ball.
7. a recoil, as of a gun.
8. Slang. a pocket:
9. kicks, Slang. shoe (def 1).
10. Glassmaking. a solid glass base or an indentation at the base of drinking glasses, bottles, etc., that reduces the liquid capacity of the glassware. Also called punt, kick-up. an indentation at the base of a wine bottle, originally for trapping the sediment.

Idioms

1. kick ass, Slang: Vulgar. to act harshly or use force in order to gain a desired result. to defeat soundly. Also, Slang, kick butt.
2. kick in the ass, Slang: Vulgar. kick (def 35a).
3. kick in the pants, Informal. someone or something that is very exciting, enjoyable, amusing, etc.: kick (def 36).
4. kick in the teeth, an abrupt, often humiliating setback; rebuff:
5. kick over the traces. trace2 (def 3).
6. kick the bucket, Slang. bucket (def 15).
7. kick the tin, Australian. to give a donation; contribute.
8. kick upstairs, upstairs (def 8).

Verb phrases

1. kick about, to move from place to place frequently:
2. kick around, Informal. to treat (someone) harshly or inconsiderately. to consider, discuss, or speculate about (a proposal, project, etc.): to experiment with. to pass time idly; wander from place to place aimlessly: to remain unused, unemployed, or unnoticed:
3. kick back, to recoil, especially vigorously or unexpectedly. Informal. to give someone a kickback. Slang. to return (stolen property, money, etc.) to the owner. to relax:
4. kick in, to contribute one's share, especially in money. Slang. to die. to become operational; activate; go into effect:
5. kick off, Football. to begin play or begin play again by a kickoff: Slang. to die. to initiate (an undertaking, meeting, etc.); begin:
6. kick on, to switch on; turn on:
7. kick out, Informal. to oust or eject: to fail; give out: to separate off, as for review or inspection: Surfing. to turn a surfboard by shifting the weight to the rear, causing the surfboard to come down over the top of a wave, in order to stop a ride.
8. kick over, Informal. (of an internal-combustion engine) to begin ignition; turn over:
9. kick up, to drive or force upward by kicking. to stir up (trouble); make or cause (a disturbance, scene, etc.): (especially of a machine part) to move rapidly upward: kip5 (def 2).

verb (used with object)

1. to strike with the foot or feet:
2. to drive, force, make, etc., by or as if by kicks.
3. Football. to score (a field goal or a conversion) by place-kicking or drop-kicking the ball.
4. Informal. to make (a car) increase in speed, especially in auto racing:
5. to strike in recoiling:
6. Slang. to give up or break (a drug addiction):
7. Poker. raise (def 24).
8. Chiefly South Atlantic States. to reject as a suitor; jilt:

verb (used without object)

1. to make a rapid, forceful thrust with the foot or feet:
2. to have a tendency to strike with the foot or feet:
3. Informal. to resist, object, or complain:
4. to recoil, as a firearm when fired.
5. to be actively or vigorously involved:

Origin of kicks

1350-1400; Middle English kiken (v.); origin uncertain

Examples for kicks

I didn't hear any kicks that his work wasn't done while he was on this bat.

Sometimes you have to fly stunt formations with a plane and another guy in a jetpack to really get your kicks.

Not all my kicks and cuffs and beatings had sufficed one whit to repulse him.

“The punches and kicks eventually knocked me unconscious and left me completely unresponsive,” Singh explained.

In the video, Solange smacks and kicks her brother-in-law while Beyonce DOESN'T EVEN FLINCH.

That day the corridor at Sainte-Anne positively shook with Coupeau's yells and kicks.

Seems to me she did pretty well here; I don't see any kicks due her.

Hawke, ever the charmer, kicks things off with a compliment: I really like you guys.

Sometimes he kicks, sometimes he bites, sometimes he rears and smashes things all to pieces.

And that original score that kicks in as a new-age Millennium Falcon swoops into view is sure to get you going.