KICK


Meaning of KICK in English

I.

noun

1 act of kicking

ADJECTIVE

▪ good , hard , hefty , powerful , sharp , swift , vicious

She gave him a hard ~ to the stomach.

This city could use a good ~ in the pants. ( AmE , figurative )

▪ karate , roundhouse ( AmE ), scissor

Olivia leapt forward with a high karate ~.

▪ high , leg

an energetic performer using dance routines and high ~s

▪ corner , free , goal , overhead , penalty , spot (all in football/soccer)

▪ drop (in rugby and American football)

▪ onside (in American football)

VERB + KICK

▪ give sb/sth

Give the door a good ~ if it won't open.

▪ aim

▪ deliver , land , plant

Roy landed a ~ to the man's head.

▪ get , receive

He had received a painful ~ on the knee.

PREPOSITION

▪ ~ at

a ~ at goal

▪ ~ by , ~ from

a ~ from Maynard in the last minute of the game

▪ ~ in

a ~ in the stomach

▪ ~ on

a ~ on the ankle

▪ ~ to

a ~ to the ribs

2 feeling of great pleasure/excitement

ADJECTIVE

▪ big , great , huge , real

VERB + KICK

▪ get

He gets a real ~ out of fixing something so that it can be used again.

▪ give sb

It gave the youngsters a ~ to see their own play on television.

PREPOSITION

▪ for ~s

They don't really want the things they steal. They just do it for ~s.

II.

verb

1 hit sb/sth with your foot

ADVERB

▪ hard , savagely , viciously , violently

Don't ~ the ball too hard.

▪ gently

Marcia gently ~ed the horse again to make it trot.

▪ accidentally , deliberately ( esp. BrE )

He was sent off for deliberately ~ing an Italian player.

▪ repeatedly

Foster admitted punching and ~ing the man repeatedly.

▪ around , over

The boys were ~ing a ball around in the yard.

Abe roared and ~ed over a table.

PREPOSITION

▪ against

She could feel the baby ~ing against her stomach wall.

Young people often ~ against convention. ( figurative )

▪ at

She ~ed at the loose pebbles by the roadside.

▪ in

They threw him to the ground and ~ed him hard in the stomach.

▪ on

She ~ed me on the knee.

PHRASES

▪ ~ a door down

▪ ~ a door open , ~ a door shut

Suddenly the far door was ~ed open.

▪ ~ sb to death

2 move your feet in the air

ADVERB

▪ frantically , furiously , wildly

He rolled over in the sand, ~ing wildly.

▪ off

They dropped their bags in the front hall and ~ed off their shoes.

PREPOSITION

▪ out at

The horse ~ed out at the dog.

▪ with

I tried to dive back under, ~ing with my legs.

PHRASES

▪ drag sb ~ing and screaming

The police had to drag her ~ing and screaming out of the house.

▪ ~ your legs , your legs ~

The little boy was now lying on his back ~ing his legs in the air.

I was carried upstairs, arms waving and legs ~ing.

Kick is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑ baby , ↑ foot , ↑ leg

Kick is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ ball , ↑ booze , ↑ conversion , ↑ foot , ↑ football , ↑ goal , ↑ ground , ↑ habit , ↑ leg , ↑ penalty , ↑ sand , ↑ stomach

Oxford Collocations English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь словосочетаний .