kick

CEFRA2

/kɪk/

verb · noun

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    verb

    To hit something with your foot.

  2. 02

    noun

    The act of hitting something with your foot.

Examples

  • Kick with your legs straight to go forward.

  • You can't kick me around any more.

At a glance

Sits at A2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Deep Dive

verb

Extra meanings

  1. To direct to a particular place by a blow with the foot or leg.

  2. To make a sharp jerking movement of the leg, as to strike something.

noun

Extra meaning

  1. A strong feeling of excitement or enjoyment.

More examples

In context

  • He enjoyed the simple pleasure of watching the kickline kick.

  • The first kick of the game

  • 1895, George MacDonald, Lilith, Chapter XII: Friends and Foes, I was cuffed by the women and kicked by the men because I would not swallow it.

Synonyms

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Origin

verb

From Middle English kyken (“to strike out with the foot”), from Old Norse kikna (“to sink at the knees”) and keikja (“to bend backwards”) (compare Old Norse keikr (“bent backwards, the belly jutting forward”)), from Proto-Germanic *kaikaz (“bent backwards”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Proto-Germanic *kī-, *kij- (“to split, dodge, swerve sidewards”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵeyH- (“to sprout, shoot”). Compare also Dutch kijken (“to look”), Middle Low German kīken (“to look, watch”). See keek.