1. Strike with the foot
   "Kick the door down"; "The boy kicked the dog"
    
2. (sport) drive or propel with the foot
   "The soccer player kicked the ball into the goal"
    
3. (football) make a goal
   "He kicked the extra point after touchdown"
    
4. Kick a leg up
   "The dancer kicked her leg high in the air"
    
5. Spring back, as from a forceful thrust
   "The gun kicked back into my shoulder";
   - kick back, recoil
    
6. [informal] Stop consuming
   "kick a habit";
   - give up
    
7. [informal] Express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness
   "She has a lot to kick about";
   - complain, plain [archaic], sound off, kvetch [N. Amer, informal], moan

1. The act of delivering a blow with the foot
   "he gave the ball a powerful kick";
   - boot [informal], kicking
    
2. A sudden pleasurable excitement
   "he does it for kicks";
   - bang, charge, rush, flush, thrill, buzz [informal]
    
3. The backward jerk of a gun when it is fired
   "The powerful rifle had a strong kick that the shooter had to brace against";
   - recoil
    
4. The sudden stimulation provided by strong drink (or certain drugs)
   "a sidecar is a smooth drink but it has a powerful kick"
    
5. A rhythmic thrusting movement of the legs as in swimming or calisthenics
   "the kick must be synchronized with the arm movements";
   - kicking
    
6. [informal] A complaint or act of complaining
   "The residents had a kick about the noise levels";
   - objection, gripe [informal], beef [informal], bitch [informal], squawk [informal]

Derived forms: kicks, kicked, kicking

See also: boot out [informal], kick down, kick up

Type of: blow, bounce, bound, dance, dispense with, excitement, exhilaration, express, forego, foreswear, forgo, give tongue to, hit, impel, input, motility, motion, move, movement, propel, rack up, rebound, recoil, relinquish, resile, reverberate, ricochet, score, speech act, spring, stimulant, stimulation, stimulus, tally, trip the light fantastic [archaic], trip the light fantastic toe [archaic], utter, verbalise [Brit], verbalize, waive

Encyclopedia: Kick, Raoul, la moto, les jeunes et les autres