1. To strike with the foot: kicked the wall in frustration. 2. To propel by striking with the foot: kick a ball. 3. To spring back against suddenly: The rifle kicked my shoulder when I fired it. 4. Sports To score (a goal or point) by kicking a ball.
(slang) Alive, active (especially in the phrase alive and kicking). (slang, of a party or event) Actively ongoing and enjoyable. The action of the verb to kick. In boxing, kicking one's opponent is not allowed. A violent assault involving repeated kicks. The bullies pushed the boy over and gave him a kicking.
to be actively or vigorously involved: He's still alive and kicking. kick about, to move from place to place frequently: He kicked about a good deal before settling down.
(British English) to reject something or treat it as not important; to stop dealing with a problem He tends to deal with disputes by kicking them into the long grass.
Football. to score (a field goal or a conversion) by place-kicking or drop-kicking the ball. Informal. to make (a car) increase in speed, especially in auto racing.
Sound-producing gestures, including both excitatory gestures such as hitting, stroking, bowing, blowing, singing, kicking, etc., and modifying gestures such as modulations of pitch and timbre. The kicking times are ordered and form a finite or infinite sequence.
