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kick | bang |

As a noun kick

is kick.

kick

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) . See (l).

Verb

(en verb)
  • To strike or hit with the foot or other extremity of the leg.
    • Did you kick your brother?
  • * 1877 , , Chapter 1: My Early Home,
    • Sometimes we had rather rough play, for they would frequently bite and kick as well as gallop.
  • * 1895 , , Chapter XII: Friends and Foes,
    • I was cuffed by the women and kicked by the men because I would not swallow it.
  • * 1905 , , Chapter 6,
    • A punt is made by letting the ball drop from the hands and kicking it just before it touches the ground.
  • * 1919 , , The Teacher: concerning Kate Swift,
    • Will Henderson, who had on a light overcoat and no overshoes, kicked the heel of his left foot with the toe of the right.
  • To make a sharp jerking movement of the leg, as to strike something.
    • He enjoyed the simple pleasure of watching the kickline kick .
  • * 1904 , , Chapter II: Rope Jumping, and What Followed,
    • "If you did that, I'd kick'," answered Freddie, and began to ' kick real hard into the air.
  • To direct to a particular place by a blow with the foot or leg.
    • Kick the ball into the goal.
  • * 1905 , , Chapter 7,
    • Sometimes he can kick' the ball forward along the ground until it is ' kicked in goal, where he can fall on it for a touchdown.
  • To eject summarily.
  • * 1936 October,
    • "He's been mad at me ever since I fired him off'n my payroll. After I kicked him off'n my ranch he run for sheriff, and the night of the election everybody was so drunk they voted for him by mistake, or for a joke, or somethin', and since he's been in office he's been lettin' the sheepmen steal me right out of house and home."
  • * 1976 February 3, ,
    • They are the ones who give hobbyists a bad name, and should be kicked out of any club meeting they show up at.
  • (Internet) To remove a participant from an online activity.
    • He was kicked by ChanServ for flooding.
  • (slang) To overcome (a bothersome or difficult issue or obstacle); to free onself of (a problem).
    • By taking that medication, he managed to get his triggered phobia of heights kicked .
    I still smoke, but they keep telling me to kick the habit.
  • To move or push suddenly and violently.
    • He was kicked sideways by the force of the blast.
  • * 2011 , Tom Andry, Bob Moore: No Hero ,
    • The back of the car kicked out violently, forcing me to steer into the slide and accelerate in order to maintain control.
  • (of a firearm) To recoil; to push by recoiling.
  • * 2003 , Jennifer C. D. Groomes, The Falcon Project , page 174,
    • Lying on the ground, when fired, it kicked me back a foot. There was no way a person my size was going to be able to do an effective job with this gun.
  • * 2006 , Daniel D. Scherschel, Maple Grove , page 81,
    • I asked my sister Jeanette if she wanted to shoot the 12 ga. shotgun. She replied, "does it kick "?
    Descendants
    * German: (l)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A hit or strike with the leg or foot or knee.
    • A kick to the knee.
  • * 1890 , , Chapter VII: A Raid on the Stable-Beer Dives,
    • A kick of his boot-heel sent the door flying into the room.
  • * 2011 , Phil McNulty, Euro 2012: Montenegro 2-2 England [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/15195384.stm]
    • Elsad Zverotic gave Montenegro hope with a goal with the last kick of the first half - and when Rooney was deservedly shown red by referee Wolfgang Stark, England were placed under pressure they could not survive.
  • The action of swinging a foot or leg.
    • The ballerina did a high kick and a leap.
  • (colloquial) Something that tickles the fancy; something fun or amusing.
    • I finally saw the show. What a kick !
    I think I sprained something on my latest exercise kick .
  • (Internet) The removal of a person from an online activity.
  • A button (of a joypad, joystick or similar device) whose only or main current function is that when it is pressed causes a video game character to kick.
  • (figuratively) Any bucking motion of an object that lacks legs or feet.
    • The car had a nasty kick the whole way.
    The pool ball took a wild kick , up off the table.
  • (uncountable, and, countable) piquancy
  • * 2002 , Ellen and Michael Albertson, Temptations , , ISBN 0743229800, page 124 [http://books.google.com/books?id=cITFVpz2ri8C&pg=PA124&dq=kick]:
    • Add a little cascabel pepper to ordinary tomato sauce to give it a kick .
  • * 2003 , Sheree Bykofsky and Megan Buckley, Sexy City Cocktails , , ISBN 1580629172, page 129 [http://books.google.com/books?id=GBO9qF3uXYUC&pg=PA129&dq=kick]:
    • For extra kick , hollow out a lime, float it on top of the drink, and fill it with tequila.
  • * 2007 August 27, , volume 83, Issues 22-28
    • The first time I saw "Deep Water," the trace of mystery in the Crowhurst affair gave the movie a kick of excitement.
  • A stimulation provided by an intoxicating substance.
  • (soccer) A pass played by kicking with the foot.
  • (soccer) The distance traveled by kicking the ball.
    • a long kick up the field.
  • a recoil of a gun.
  • (informal) pocket
  • An increase in speed in the final part of a running race.
  • (chess) To attack (a piece) in order to force it to move.
    • Quotations
    * (English Citations of "kick")
    Descendants
    * German: (l)

    Derived terms

    * drop kick * for kicks * free kick * get a kick out of * on a kick * kick about * kick against the pricks * kick around * kick ass, kick butt * kick at the can * kick back * kickban (Internet) * kickboxing * kick the bucket * kickflip * kick in * kick in the pants * kick in the teeth * kick it * kick like a mule * kick off (pos v) * kick-off (pos n) * kick one's heels * kick out * kick over * kick over the traces * kick someone when they are down * kickstand * kick start * kick the can, kick-the-can * kick the can down the road * kick the habit * kick up * kick up the arse/kick up the ass/kick up the backside/kick up the butt * kick up one's heels * kick upstairs * kick wheel

    Etymology 2

    Shortening of (kick the bucket)

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To die.
  • * '>citation
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    bang

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) .

    Alternative forms

    * (obsolete)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A sudden percussive noise.
    • When he struck it with a hammer, there was a loud bang .
  • A strike upon an object causing such a noise.
  • An explosion.
  • (US, especially plural) A fringe of hair cut across the forehead.
    • Tiffany has long hair and bangs .
  • * W. D. Howells
    • his hair cut in front like a young lady's bang
  • *
  • (US) The symbol , known as an exclamation point.
    • An e-mail address with an ! is called a bang path.
  • (mathematics) A factorial, in mathematics, because the factorial of n is often written as n!
  • (figuratively) An act of sexual intercourse.
  • An offbeat figure typical of reggae songs and played on guitar and piano.
  • (slang, mining) An explosive product.
    • Load the bang into the hole.
  • (slang, US, Boston area) An abrupt left turn.
    • Synonyms
    * strike, blow * explosion * (hair cut) fringe, bangs * exclamation point, exclamation mark
    Antonyms
    * (abrupt left turn) hang

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (label) To make sudden loud noises, and often repeatedly, especially by exploding or hitting something.
  • (label) To hit hard.
  • * (William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)
    • The desperate tempest hath so banged the Turks.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1922, author=(Michael Arlen), title= “Piracy”: A Romantic Chronicle of These Days, chapter=3/19/2
    • , passage=Ivor had acquired more than a mile of fishing rights with the house?; he was not at all a good fisherman, but one must do something?; one generally, however, banged a ball with a squash-racket against a wall.}}
  • To engage in sexual intercourse.
  • *
  • * 1972 , (Mario Puzo) and (Francis Ford Coppola), (The Godfather) (film):
    • Moe Greene: He was banging cocktail waitresses two at a time!
  • (with "in") To hammer or to hit anything hard.
  • (label) To cut squarely across, as the tail of a horse, or a person's forelock; to cut (the hair).
  • * The Century Magazine
    • His hair banged even with his eyebrows.
    Synonyms
    * nail

    Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • , directly.
    • The passenger door was bang against the garage wall.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2011
    • , date=September 18 , author=Ben Dirs , title=Rugby World Cup 2011: England 41-10 Georgia , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=After yet another missed penalty by Kvirikashvili from bang in front of the posts, England scored again, centre Tuilagi flying into the line and touching down under the bar.}}
  • Precisely.
    • ''He arrived bang on time.
  • With a sudden impact.
    • Distracted, he ran bang into the opening door.

    Interjection

    (en interjection)
  • a verbal emulation of a sudden percussive sound
    • He pointed his finger at her like a gun and said, "Bang !"

    Derived terms

    * (verb) banger, gangbang * (noun) bang for the buck, big bang * (adverb) bang on, bang out of order, bang to rights, bang up / bang-up

    Etymology 2

    Shortened from .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (in the plural) Brucellosis, a bacterial disease

    • Anagrams

    * English onomatopoeias ----