kicking
noun
[ ˈkɪkɪŋ ]
• an assault in which the victim is kicked repeatedly.
• "they gave him a good kicking"
kicking
adjective
• lively and exciting.
• "their seriously kicking debut, ‘Paradise’"
kick
verb
• strike or propel forcibly with the foot.
• "I think someone just kicked down my door"
Similar:
boot,
punt,
strike with the foot,
propel,
drive,
knock,
send,
blooter,
put the boot into,
welly,
• succeed in giving up (a habit or addiction).
• "smokers may soon have new help to kick the habit"
Similar:
give up,
break,
get out of,
abandon,
end,
escape from,
stop,
cease,
leave off,
desist from,
renounce,
forgo,
do without,
eschew,
shake,
pack in,
lay off,
quit,
Opposite:
take up,
start,
• (of a gun) recoil when fired.
• "their guns kick so hard that they have developed a bad case of flinching"
Similar:
recoil,
spring back,
fly back,
Origin:
late Middle English: of unknown origin.
