KICK


Meaning of KICK in English

I. verb

COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES

a match kicks off (= it starts )

The match kicks off at 3.30 pm.

alive and kicking

The sport is still very much alive and kicking in this country.

break/kick a habit (= stop doing something that is bad for you )

I’ve smoked for years, but I really want to kick the habit.

free kick

kick a ball

Greg kicked the ball upfield to Will.

kick a penalty (= in rugby )

Jon Bland kicked a penalty to make it 6–3.

kick your shoes off (= take them off by moving your legs )

Maria kicked off her shoes and sat down.

penalty kick

place kick

pull/kick/slam sth shut

He pulled the trapdoor shut over his head.

stab/beat/kick sb to death

He was stabbed to death in an attack outside his home.

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ ADVERB

around

Throughout all of this Manchester United has been kicked around like a football.

He believed they understood what it was like to be kicked around by white men.

For a guy like me to hang around kicking his heels ain't natural.

Being kicked around can be a real eye opener.

Children whom everyone was too exhausted to stop were kicking around an empty fizzy-drink can.

Civic promotion is an idea that had been kicked around before.

Journalists have always had inflight magazines to kick around .

back

Trent spun as he dropped, right leg kicking back .

The bowing, the way he twirls and tosses the instrument, the way he kicks back his head.

Almost immediately it became clear that the river was kicking back at the abuse it was receiving.

One strength of MusicTeller is its ability to kick back a commission to the stores that choose to install it.

We have to be ready to sock them in the mouth, to kick back when they kick us.

So, hey, kick back .

On Saturdays, according to my datebook, I can kick back at 4: 45.

off

He tossed away the sketch, kicked off his sandals, then pulled off his socks and rolled up his trouser legs.

Safety adviser Vic Earle was on hand to present the equipment to the team before the season kicked off .

We can also kick off another session of questions about the job White is doing.

out

Immigration officials said other foreign journalists would also be kicked out of the country, but they did not give details.

Elizabeth and her children were kicked out of the Wartburg castle by the in-laws.

She kicked out , catching him on the wrist.

Others crouched on their haunches and kicked out their back legs behind them, like men carrying out a complex fitness programme.

But Ian Harte had to go after kicking out at Dennis Bergkamp two minutes before half-time.

Then they kicked out the hardened leg and let it fall on its face.

up

His bullet-stream pecked at the ground, kicking up little fountains of dust.

Women in white boots, short shorts and frilly cowgirl outfits kicked up their heels on it.

It might be partly because I didn't kick up a fuss when I lost the captaincy.

And off he went at a run, heels kicking up .

Guy's mouth kicked up at one corner in a wryly amused smile.

Scuffling feet kick up a fine powder that covers the children and everything else.

It's financial clout that counts or, failing that, kicking up a stink.

It will still contain plenty of business and mortgage borrowers to kick up a stink about base rates.

■ NOUN

ball

On the ball ... Bobby kicks soccer hopefuls into shape.

bucket

Jinny was so startled that she nearly kicked the bucket over.

Sometimes we were, some-times the drunk soldiers laughed as they kicked over our buckets .

If Primrose was in a black mood she would like as not kick the bucket over.

butt

While he spreads his malicious malpractice throughout time, you've been chosen to kick his butt .

They tease you with the 3 and kick your butt with the two.

Then we went out and they kicked our butts all over the court.

I was gon na kick his butt .

And this time, he aims to kick some earthling butt .

You learn from them by getting them to kick your butt .

We came back and kicked their butt .

football

Throughout all of this Manchester United has been kicked around like a football .

It's a natural activity; running, jumping, kicking footballs .

In the street Dexter watched three kids start to kick a football against a brick wall.

A few weeks before this same figure had been seen kicking a football with Romario.

He rounded a corner, passing three children kicking a football back and forth across the road.

If they beat Halifax, then the Yorkshire side are kicked out of the football league.

Philip watched as the wigwam boy kicked a football at the snowman.

goal

But Wasps pegged away and when Ashurst was careless with his feet, Pilgrim kicked the penalty goal .

Gary Anderson kicked a 46-yard field goal to put the 49ers up, 20-7, one minute before halftime.

The first three times they got inside the Saints' 20-yard line, Jeff Wilkins kicked field goals .

Schofield kicked his third goal and the side threatened with relegation after only three victories was looking unstoppable.

Wilkins kicked a 35-yard field goal .

Gloucester were offside at the ruck and Barnes kicked the goal .

habit

But knowing is not doing, and many people find it well nigh impossible to kick the habit .

A: Not unless you plan on kicking the movie habit .

Once the motivation to stop arises, it is not so difficult to kick the habit .

Do I have tolerance for a crack addict who does little to kick the habit ?

There too a twenty year old who has managed to kick a habit that was leading him down a dangerous path.

After finally getting her to the hospital, the guys resolve to kick the habit .

Wally Reid was actually keen to kick the habit .

Men, however, do not tend to kick the tobacco habit .

heel

Masha, in a comfortable chair, kicked off her high heels and drew her legs under her flower-patterned skirt.

She deserves to kick up her heels .

That has set Crosby into conflict with Murray and left Armstrong kicking his heels instead of a football.

Women in white boots, short shorts and frilly cowgirl outfits kicked up their heels on it.

My son, I began to fear, was still kicking his heels on a fog-bound airport in Birmingham.

For a guy like me to hang around kicking his heels ain't natural.

But perhaps you too are kicking up your heels elsewhere by now.

BThey kicked up their heels , spun, twirled and got down till dawn.

leg

This is done as he lifts his rear leg to kick the attacker.

The townspeople pulled at his arms and legs , twisting, kicking , punching.

Skip, crossing one leg in front and kicking the other leg out to the side.

Alternate legs , kicking them as high as possible.

She fell and lay there on the floor, her legs kicking impotently.

Trent spun as he dropped, right leg kicking back.

Skip, crossing over legs in front and kicking them as high as possible to either side.

shoe

I kicked off my shoes and changed clothes.

Jack is down and so is Fogarty, so put on your kicking shoes , folks.

While Oliver was out of the room she abandoned her chair for the couch, kicked off her shoes and curled up.

On the train they stay in their seats, kick their heavy shoes off, and sleep.

To leave the ever-present tension of Great Meadow was like shedding stiff, formal clothes or kicking off pinching shoes .

I took a couple of Tylenol with codeine, kicked my shoes off, and crawled into the folds of my quilt.

Jack had kicked off his shoe beneath the table and as they ate his bare foot had lain between Polly's legs.

White kicked off her shoes and the audience howled, for under her fishnet stockings were toes stuck with corn plasters.

■ VERB

try

I try to kick away but can not move my feet.

One was trying to kick his way into this flat.

She tried to kick him, but he only grinned more widely.

He tried to kick his legs free, but their grips were firm and his efforts made them laugh even louder.

PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

beat/kick etc the shit out of sb

I had to pretend, because he was beating the shit out of me.

Like in the Teamsters, where they beat the shit out of people in parking lots.

cause/kick up/make etc a stink

It's financial clout that counts or, failing that, kicking up a stink .

It's for your protection, so that you have the union behind you if Mellowes kicks up a stink .

It will still contain plenty of business and mortgage borrowers to kick up a stink about base rates.

kick out the jams

kick/hit a man when he's down

make a fuss/kick up a fuss (about sth)

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

He was dragged kicking and screaming into a waiting police car.

I could feel the baby kicking inside me.

One boy lay on the floor, kicking and screaming.

One of the gang kicked him in the stomach.

Some jerk was kicking the back of my seat the entire flight.

The boy behind me kept kicking my chair.

Who kicked the ball over the fence?

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

And if you gave them any grief at all, they said they would just kick her out.

He believed they understood what it was like to be kicked around by white men.

He just kept right on kicking Pikey, and Pikey kept right on taking it.

Men, however, do not tend to kick the tobacco habit.

Michael kicked him in the back, the force of the blow sending Tommy across the dirt-strewn floor.

Next came his three younger sisters whom he began to terrorise - biting, kicking and scratching them.

That means sales of anywhere from 10, 000 to 30, 000 copies are needed before profits kick in.

They retailed around £38-£45, depending on the model, and for sound kicked the shit out of my Levin.

II. noun

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ ADJECTIVE

free

Lee King floated home a simple free kick for the third on 29 minutes.

I ve seen a few free kicks on the Glory Years.

Refereee Kevin Breen ordered a Chester free kick to be retaken after 35 minutes when Coughlin failed to retreat 10 yards.

The visitors were awarded a free-kick more than 30 yards out.

Wright knocked the free kick head high across goal and Wilkinson escaped his marker to nod home at the far post.

Keeper Sansome blocked the free kick but Gee hammered in the rebound.

Another free kick was almost a repeat of the Wimbledon one, only approx 4 inches wide.

This time Stewart ran in unmarked at the far post to score with a downward header from Jan Molby's free kick .

real

I get a real kick out of it and thoroughly enjoy doing it.

But our real kick came at the end of the film when the lights went up.

■ NOUN

corner

The Hibs defence, moving out after a corner kick , left Robertson completely clear on the left.

The win featured a 15-yard bicycle-kick by Hayden Brown off a deflected corner kick .

penalty

It was undeniably dead. perhaps it had been stunned by a penalty kick from a crack centre-forward.

As it is, a penalty kick at goal can take up to two minutes out of the match.

It should be pointed out that a deliberate knock-on can still be penalised by a penalty kick .

Laws 26.2a states that any law which is wilfully broken can lead to a penalty kick .

It may be that Gary McAllister simply made a mess of his penalty kick .

He hit the right post with a penalty kick and the ball bounced almost square to the left.

After fooling Knight with his now-customary shuffle, he screwed the penalty kick embarrassingly wide.

spot

But Marshall's spot kick was well saved by keeper Bobby Mimms.

But Sheffield, who had survived two spot kick claims against goalkeeper Alan Kelly and full-back Ward, simply redoubled their efforts.

Candlish's spot kick was well saved by Prentice but Loughery followed up to blast the rebound into the net.

Unfortunately for the visitors assistant manager Jim Duffy blasted the resultant spot kick over the bar.

Demmollari took the spot kick , Wright parried and substitute Tlis Shulkai headed over the rebound.

Ullathorne was booked for dissent and Wright coolly converted the spot kick himself.

But Blackburn's £1.1 million striker fired his spot kick high and wide.

■ VERB

aim

He aimed a hefty kick at the door, and there was a splintering sound as wood gave way to metal.

Had to strike him hard and step back, aiming a kick to the stomach to disable him.

Walsh received his marching orders 75 seconds into the second half after aiming a kick at Lucchese's Roberto Marta.

He threw the sweater to the ground as he walked away, and aimed a kick at it.

Also train on the punch bag, aiming your kicks as high as you can and reaching as far as possible.

In the vacant dark Jezrael aimed another kick , blindly.

Rincewind aimed a kick at it, and missed.

deliver

Fox delivered an angled kick caught by Ieuan Evans, who was instantly wrapped up by Bunce.

He delivered a karate kick to Christopher's face.

He delivered a great kick backwards at Terry Place's shins, the edge of his boots like iron.

take

Barnes put the Lions in front before Hastings took over the kicks after the interval.

Anthony should be higher cos he takes free kicks .

Coming through the door off - balance, taking the deflected kick - he'd absorbed that.

Demmollari took the spot kick , Wright parried and substitute Tlis Shulkai headed over the rebound.

I take a kick at him.

Sutter took the kick himself and Adrian Knup rose unchallenged to head down and past the stranded Goram.

He even tries to look cool when taking his free kick .

He takes a quick kick dead straight towards goal ... which shearer runs on to and scores.

PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

beat/kick etc the shit out of sb

I had to pretend, because he was beating the shit out of me.

Like in the Teamsters, where they beat the shit out of people in parking lots.

cause/kick up/make etc a stink

It's financial clout that counts or, failing that, kicking up a stink .

It's for your protection, so that you have the union behind you if Mellowes kicks up a stink .

It will still contain plenty of business and mortgage borrowers to kick up a stink about base rates.

drag sb kicking and screaming into sth

Mim will have to be dragged kicking and screaming into the 21st century.

haul off and hit/punch/kick sb

kick out the jams

kick/hit a man when he's down

make a fuss/kick up a fuss (about sth)

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

And what a tremendous kick that was - straight into the goal from 200 yards.

Bahr's kick went just to the left of the goal post.

One karate kick can kill someone.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

Andy Stevenson's powerful strike as half time approached was followed by an injury time free kick from Ian Helliwell.

As it is, a penalty kick at goal can take up to two minutes out of the match.

It may be that Gary McAllister simply made a mess of his penalty kick .

Newry clinched the points with almost the last kick of the game, Ralph scoring after sub Gary Hughes put him clear.

So Muster gave it a swift karate kick .

The length of time you hold it down determines the strength of the kick .

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