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
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a ~ at goal
▪ ~ by , ~ from
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a ~ from Maynard in the last minute of the game
▪ ~ in
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a ~ in the stomach
▪ ~ on
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a ~ on the ankle
▪ ~ to
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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.
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Abe roared and ~ed over a table.
PREPOSITION
▪ against
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She could feel the baby ~ing against her stomach wall.
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Young people often ~ against convention. ( figurative )
▪ at
▪
She ~ed at the loose pebbles by the roadside.
▪ in
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They threw him to the ground and ~ed him hard in the stomach.
▪ on
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She ~ed me on the knee.
PHRASES
▪ ~ a door down
▪ ~ a door open , ~ a door shut
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Suddenly the far door was ~ed open.
▪ ~ sb to death
2 move your feet in the air
ADVERB
▪ frantically , furiously , wildly
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He rolled over in the sand, ~ing wildly.
▪ off
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They dropped their bags in the front hall and ~ed off their shoes.
PREPOSITION
▪ out at
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The horse ~ed out at the dog.
▪ with
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I tried to dive back under, ~ing with my legs.
PHRASES
▪ drag sb ~ing and screaming
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The police had to drag her ~ing and screaming out of the house.
▪ ~ your legs , your legs ~
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The little boy was now lying on his back ~ing his legs in the air.
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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