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Definition of Kicking

1. Noun. A rhythmic thrusting movement of the legs as in swimming or calisthenics. "The swimmer's kicking left a wake behind him"

2. Noun. The act of delivering a blow with the foot. "The team's kicking was excellent"

Definition of Kicking

1. Adjective. (slang) (often kickin') Terrific, great (of clothes) smart, fashionable. ¹

2. Adjective. (slang) Alive, active (especially in the phrase ''alive and kicking'') ¹

3. Noun. The action of the verb ''to kick''. ¹

4. Noun. A violent assault involving repeated kicks. ¹

5. Verb. (present participle of kick) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Kicking

1. kick [v] - See also: kick

Lexicographical Neighbors of Kicking

kickdowns kickdrum kickdrums kicked kicked arse kicked off kicked the habit kicked the tyres kicker kickers

kickflip kickflips kickier kickiest kicking (current term) kicking Rex kicking and screaming kicking arse kicking boots kicking in danger

kicking off kicking strap kicking straps kicking the habit kicking the tyres kickingly kickline kicklines

Literary usage of Kicking

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Life and Adventures of a Quaker Among the Indians by Thomas Chester Battey (1903)
"Last evening kicking Bird, according to his usual practice, came into the agent's private ... kicking Bird replied that the Kiowa chiefs were not all mad. ..."

2. Spontaneous and Supervised Play in Childhood by Alice Corbin Sies (1922)
"This group of movement plays is one of the first to develop in early infancy, inasmuch as through combinations of kicking, rolling, hitching, creeping, ..."

3. The Geographical Journal by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain) (1899)
"V BLAEBERRY AND kicking HORSE RIVER. At this point we were seven days' journey from the railroad by either one of two routes—the one we had come by, ..."

4. Precedents of Indictments and Pleas: Adapted to the Use Both of the Courts by Francis Wharton (1871)
"(145) Murder by stamping, beating, and kicking. ... (148) Knocking to the ground, and beating, kicking, and wounding. (14S) Murder by striking with stones. ..."

5. De Bow's Review by James Dunwoody Brownson De Bow, R. G. Barnwell, Edwin Bell, William MacCreary Burwell (1859)
"A kicking hone is the worst kind of • horse to undertake to subdue, and more dreaded by man than any other ; indeed it would not be too much to say that ..."

6. The Healthy Heart Handbook for Women by Marian Sandmaier (1992)
"Understanding what you and your family have to gain from quitting is an important first step in kicking the smoking habit. ..."

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