Dictionary entry details
• KICK (noun)
Meaning:
The act of delivering a blow with the foot
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
kick; kicking; boot
Context examples:
he gave the ball a powerful kick / the team's kicking was excellent
Hypernyms ("kick" is a kind of...):
blow (a powerful stroke with the fist or a weapon)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "kick"):
goal-kick ((association football) a kick by the defending side after the attacking side sends the ball over the goal-line)
goal-kick ((rugby) an attempt to kick a goal)
punt; punting ((football) a kick in which the football is dropped from the hands and kicked before it touches the ground)
place kick; place-kicking ((sports) a kick in which the ball is placed on the ground before kicking)
dropkick ((football) kicking (as for a field goal) in which the football is dropped and kicked as it touches the ground)
Meaning:
The swift release of a store of affective force
Classified under:
Nouns denoting feelings and emotions
Synonyms:
thrill; kick; boot; bang; flush; rush; charge
Context examples:
they got a great bang out of it / what a boot! / he got a quick rush from injecting heroin / he does it for kicks
Hypernyms ("kick" is a kind of...):
excitement; exhilaration (the feeling of lively and cheerful joy)
Meaning:
The backward jerk of a gun when it is fired
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural events
Synonyms:
recoil; kick
Hypernyms ("kick" is a kind of...):
motion; movement (a natural event that involves a change in the position or location of something)
Meaning:
Informal terms for objecting
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
gripe; squawk; bitch; beef; kick
Context example:
I have a gripe about the service here
Hypernyms ("kick" is a kind of...):
objection (the speech act of objecting)
Meaning:
The sudden stimulation provided by strong drink (or certain drugs)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Context example:
a sidecar is a smooth drink but it has a powerful kick
Hypernyms ("kick" is a kind of...):
input; stimulant; stimulation; stimulus (any stimulating information or event; acts to arouse action)
Meaning:
A rhythmic thrusting movement of the legs as in swimming or calisthenics
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
kicking; kick
Context examples:
the kick must be synchronized with the arm movements / the swimmer's kicking left a wake behind him
Hypernyms ("kick" is a kind of...):
motility; motion; move; movement (a change of position that does not entail a change of location)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "kick"):
swimming kick (a movement of the legs in swimming)
• KICK (verb)
Meaning:
Drive or propel with the foot
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "kick" is one way to...):
impel; propel (cause to move forward with force)
"Kick" entails doing...:
displace; move (cause to move, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense)
Domain category:
athletics; sport (an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "kick"):
drop-kick; dropkick (drop and kick (a ball) as it touches the ground, as for a field goal)
place-kick (kick (a ball) from a stationary position, in football)
drop-kick; dropkick (make the point after a touchdown with a dropkick)
punt (kick the ball)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Thrash about or strike out with the feet
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Hypernyms (to "kick" is one way to...):
strike out (make a motion as with one's fist or foot towards an object or away from one's body)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
Meaning:
Strike with the foot
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Context examples:
The boy kicked the dog / Kick the door down
Hypernyms (to "kick" is one way to...):
hit (deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "kick"):
scuff (poke at with the foot or toe)
boot (kick; give a boot to)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Sentence example:
They want to kick the prisoners
Also:
kick down; kick in (open violently)
kick out (remove from a position or office)
kick up (cause to rise by kicking)
Meaning:
Kick a leg up
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Hypernyms (to "kick" is one way to...):
dance; trip the light fantastic; trip the light fantastic toe (move in a pattern; usually to musical accompaniment; do or perform a dance)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
Meaning:
Spring back, as from a forceful thrust
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
kick back; recoil; kick
Context example:
The gun kicked back into my shoulder
Hypernyms (to "kick" is one way to...):
bounce; bound; rebound; recoil; resile; reverberate; ricochet; spring; take a hop (spring back; spring away from an impact)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Meaning:
Stop consuming
Classified under:
Verbs of eating and drinking
Context example:
kick a habit
Hypernyms (to "kick" is one way to...):
forgo; give up (refrain from consuming)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s VERB-ing
Meaning:
Make a goal
Classified under:
Verbs of fighting, athletic activities
Context example:
He kicked the extra point after touchdown
Hypernyms (to "kick" is one way to...):
hit; rack up; score; tally (gain points in a game)
Domain category:
football; football game (any of various games played with a ball (round or oval) in which two teams try to kick or carry or propel the ball into each other's goal)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "kick"):
place-kick (score (a goal) by making a place kick)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
plain; kvetch; complain; quetch; sound off; kick
Context examples:
My mother complains all day / She has a lot to kick about
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "kick"):
beef; bellyache; crab; gripe; grouse; holler; squawk (complain)
inveigh; rail (complain bitterly)
bemoan; bewail; deplore; lament (regret strongly)
report (complain about; make a charge against)
bleat (talk whiningly)
repine (express discontent)
protest (utter words of protest)
grouch; grumble; scold (show one's unhappiness or critical attitude)
croak; gnarl; grumble; murmur; mutter (make complaining remarks or noises under one's breath)
grizzle; whine; yammer; yawp (complain whiningly)
backbite; bitch (say mean things)
hen-peck; nag; peck (bother persistently with trivial complaints)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
