Kick vs Nick - What's the difference?

kick | nick |

As a noun kick

is kick.

As a proper noun nick is

a diminutive of the male given name nicholas.

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.

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nick

English

(wikipedia nick)

Noun

(en noun)

A small cut in a surface.

# A particular point or place considered as marked by a nick; the exact point or critical moment.

in the nick of time

#*, II.20:

Truely he flies when he is even upon the nicke , and naturally hasteneth to escape it, as from a step whereon he cannot stay or containe himselfe, and feareth to sinke into it.

#* Howell

to cut it off in the very nick

# (printing, dated) A notch cut crosswise in the shank of a type, to assist a compositor in placing it properly in the stick, and in distribution.

Meanings connoting something small.

# (cricket) A small deflection of the ball off the edge of the bat, often going to the wicket-keeper for a catch.

# (real tennis) The point where the wall of the court meets the floor.

# (genetics) One of the single-stranded DNA segments produced during nick translation.

(archaic) A nixie, or water-sprite.

* 1879 , Viktor Rydberg, The Magic of the Middle Ages (p.201)

*:imps, giants, trolls, forest-spirits, elves and hobgoblins in and on the earth; nicks , river-sprites in the water, fiends in the air, and salamanders in the fire.

a user's reserved nick on an IRC network

(UK, slang) In the expressions in bad nick'' and ''in good nick : condition.

The car I bought was cheap and in good nick .

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(British, slang) A police station or prison.

He was arrested and taken down to Sun Hill nick [police station] to be charged.

He's just been released from Shadwell nick [prison] after doing ten years for attempted murder.

Derived terms

* in the nick of time

Verb

(en verb)

To make a nick or notch in; to cut or scratch in a minor way.

I nicked myself while I was shaving.

# To make a cross cut or cuts on the underside of (the tail of a horse, in order to make the animal carry it higher).

# To mar; to deface; to make ragged, as by cutting nicks or notches in.

#* Prior

And thence proceed to nicking sashes.

#* Shakespeare

The itch of his affection should not then / Have nicked his captainship.

To suit or fit into, as by a correspondence of nicks; to tally with.

* Camden

Words nicking and resembling one another are applicable to different significations.

# To hit at, or in, the nick; to touch rightly; to strike at the precise point or time.

#* L'Estrange

The just season of doing things must be nicked , and all accidents improved.

# To throw or turn up (a number when playing dice); to hit upon.

#* {{quote-book, year=1773

, author=Oliver Goldsmith , title=She Stoops to Conquer , text=My old luck: I never nicked seven that I did not throw ames ace three times following.}}

# (cricket) to hit the ball with the edge of the bat and produce a fine deflection

(obsolete) To nickname; to style.

* Ford

For Warbeck, as you nick him, came to me.

(slang) To steal.

Someone's nicked my bike!

(transitive, British, slang) To arrest.

The police nicked him climbing over the fence of the house he'd broken into.