kick

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   To hit something with your foot.

   He kicked the ball into the net.

2. 2
   noun

   An act of hitting something with your foot.

   She gave the ball a powerful kick.

3. 3
   noun

   A feeling of excitement or pleasure (informal).

   He gets a real kick out of fast cars.

4. 4
   verb

   To stop doing something harmful, especially a habit.

   It took him years to kick his smoking habit.

Common collocations

• kick a ball Verb + noun
• flutter kick Noun + noun
• scissors kick Noun + noun
• kick around Verb + adverb

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.

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