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kick | drive |

As a noun kick

is kick.

As a verb drive is

.

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.
  • 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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    drive

    English

    Verb

  • To impel or urge onward by force; to push forward; to compel to move on.
  • to drive sheep out of a field
  • * Jowett (Thucyd.)
  • A storm came on and drove them into Pylos.
  • (intransitive) To direct a vehicle powered by a horse, ox or similar animal.
  • *
  • , title=(The Celebrity), chapter=2 , passage=We drove back to the office with some concern on my part at the prospect of so large a case. Sunning himself on the board steps, I saw for the first time Mr. Farquhar Fenelon Cooke. He was dressed out in broad gaiters and bright tweeds, like an English tourist, and his face might have belonged to Dagon, idol of the Philistines.}}
  • To cause animals to flee out of.
  • To move (something) by hitting it with great force.
  • To cause (a mechanism) to operate.
  • (ergative) To operate (a wheeled motorized vehicle).
  • To motivate; to provide an incentive for.
  • To compel (to do something).
  • To cause to become.
  • *
  • , title=(The Celebrity), chapter=4 , passage=One morning I had been driven to the precarious refuge afforded by the steps of the inn, after rejecting offers from the Celebrity to join him in a variety of amusements. But even here I was not free from interruption, for he was seated on a horse-block below me, playing with a fox terrier.}}
  • (cricket) To hit the ball with a .
  • To travel by operating a wheeled motorized vehicle.
  • To convey (a person, etc) in a wheeled motorized vehicle.
  • To move forcefully.
  • * Dryden
  • Fierce Boreas drove against his flying sails.
  • * Prescott
  • under cover of the night and a driving tempest
  • * Tennyson
  • Time driveth onward fast, / And in a little while our lips are dumb.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2010, date=December 29, author=Mark Vesty, work=BBC
  • , title= Wigan 2-2 Arsenal , passage=The impressive Frenchman drove forward with purpose down the right before cutting infield and darting in between Vassiriki Diaby and Koscielny. }}
  • To urge, press, or bring to a point or state.
  • * Tennyson
  • enough to drive one mad
  • * Sir Philip Sidney
  • He, driven to dismount, threatened, if I did not do the like, to do as much for my horse as fortune had done for his.
  • To carry or to keep in motion; to conduct; to prosecute.
  • * Collier
  • The trade of life can not be driven without partners.
    (Francis Bacon)
  • To clear, by forcing away what is contained.
  • * Dryden
  • to drive the country, force the swains away
  • (mining) To dig horizontally; to cut a horizontal gallery or tunnel.
  • (Tomlinson)
  • (obsolete) To distrain for rent.
  • Synonyms

    * herd * (cause animals to flee out of) * (move something by hitting it with great force) force, push * move, operate * * impel, incentivise/incentivize, motivate, push, urge * (compel) compel, force, oblige, push, require * (cause to become) make, send * (travel by operating a wheeled motorized vehicle) * take

    Derived terms

    * bedrive * drink and drive * driveable * drive a coach and horses through * drive a hard bargain * drive at * drive-boat * drive-bolt * drive-by * drivee * drive home * drive-in * drive Irish tandem * drive-line * drive off * drive-off * drive-on * * drive out * drive-pipe * driver * drive-screw * drive-shaft * drive-through, drivethrough * drive time * drive to distraction * drive to drink * drive-train * drive-wheel * drive-yourself * driving * fordrive * let drive

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (senseid)Self-motivation; ability coupled with ambition.
  • Violent or rapid motion; a rushing onward or away; especially, a forced or hurried dispatch of business.
  • * (Matthew Arnold)
  • The Murdstonian drive in business.
  • An act of driving animals forward, to be captured, hunted etc.
  • * 1955 , (Robin Jenkins), The Cone-Gatherers , Canongate 2012, p. 79:
  • Are you all ready?’ he cried, and set off towards the dead ash where the drive would begin.
  • (military) A sustained advance in the face of the enemy to take a strategic objective.
  • A motor that does not take fuel, but instead depends on a mechanism that stores potential energy for subsequent use.
  • A trip made in a motor vehicle.
  • A driveway.
  • *
  • , title=(The Celebrity), chapter=5 , passage=We expressed our readiness, and in ten minutes were in the station wagon, rolling rapidly down the long drive , for it was then after nine. We passed on the way the van of the guests from Asquith.}}
  • A type of public roadway.
  • (dated) A place suitable or agreeable for driving; a road prepared for driving.
  • (psychology) Desire or interest.
  • (computing) An apparatus for reading and writing data to or from a mass storage device such as a disk, as a floppy drive.
  • (computing) A mass storage device in which the mechanism for reading and writing data is integrated with the mechanism for storing data, as a hard drive, a flash drive.
  • (golf) A stroke made with a driver.
  • (baseball) A ball struck in a flat trajectory.
  • (cricket) A type of shot played by swinging the bat in a vertical arc, through the line of the ball, and hitting it along the ground, normally between cover and midwicket.
  • (soccer) A straight level shot or pass.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2010, date=December 29, author=Mark Vesty, work=BBC
  • , title= Wigan 2-2 Arsenal , passage=And after Rodallega missed two early opportunities, the first a header, the second a low drive easily held by Lukasz Fabianski, it was N'Zogbia who created the opening goal. }}
  • A charity event such as a fundraiser, bake sale, or toy drive
  • (typography) An impression or matrix formed by a punch drift.
  • A collection of objects that are driven; a mass of logs to be floated down a river.
  • Usage notes

    * In connection with a mass-storage device, originally the word "drive" referred solely to the reading and writing mechanism. For the storage device itself, the word "disk" was used instead. This remains a valid distinction for components such as floppy drives or CD drives, in which the drive and the disk are separate and independent items. For other devices, such as hard disks and flash drives, the reading, writing and storage components are combined into an integrated whole, and can not be separated without destroying the device. In these cases, the words "disk" and "drive" are used interchangeably.

    Synonyms

    * (self-motivation) ambition, enthusiasm, get-up-and-go, motivation, self-motivation, verve * (sustained advance in the face of the enemy) attack, push * (motor that does not take fuel) engine, mechanism, motor * (trip made in a motor vehicle) ride, spin, trip * (driveway) approach, driveway * (public roadway) avenue, boulevard, road, street * desire, impetus, impulse, urge * disk drive * (golf term) * (baseball term) line drive * (cricket term)

    Antonyms

    * (self-motivation) inertia, lack of motivation, laziness, phlegm, sloth

    Derived terms

    * bridge drive * disk drive * blood drive * food drive * drive-whist * flash drive * floppy drive * four-wheel drive * hard drive * hyperdrive * toy drive * jump drive * left-hand drive * overdrive * right-hand drive * sex drive * warp drive * whist drive

    Derived terms

    * drift * drive out * driver * driverside * driven * driven to distraction * drive Irish tandem * drunk driving * jump drive * piledriver * screwdriver -->