The Meaning of kick

• (v. t.) To strike, thrust, or hit violently with the foot; as, a horse kicks a groom; a man kicks a dog.
• (v. i.) To thrust out the foot or feet with violence; to strike out with the foot or feet, as in defense or in bad temper; esp., to strike backward, as a horse does, or to have a habit of doing so. Hence, figuratively: To show ugly resistance, opposition, or hostility; to spurn.
• (v. i.) To recoil; -- said of a musket, cannon, etc.
• (n.) A blow with the foot or feet; a striking or thrust with the foot.
• (n.) The projection on the tang of the blade of a pocket knife, which prevents the edge of the blade from striking the spring. See Illust. of Pocketknife.
• (n.) A projection in a mold, to form a depression in the surface of the brick.
• (n.) The recoil of a musket or other firearm, when discharged.

Synonyms

boot , kicking , bang , boot , charge , rush , flush , thrill , recoil , gripe , beef , bitch , squawk , kicking , kick back , recoil , give up , complain , plain , sound off , quetch , kvetch

Antonyms

cheer

Rhymes

afflik , arithmetic , bailiwick , bic , bick , blick , bolshevik , bric , brick , broomstick , bryk , candlestick , chick , chopstick , click , crick , cwik , dic , dick , dipstick , dyk , dzik , fenwick , fick , ficke , firebrick , flick , frick , fricke , gick , glick , handpick , hick , homesick , impolitic , joystick , knick , krick , kubrick , kwik , lick , lipstick , lunatic , mc , mic , mick , micke , nic , nick , nightstick , nik , nonstick , ostpolitik , pic , pick , pickwick , picnic , pik , politic , prick , quick , quik , realpolitik , ric , rick , ricke , rilke , schick , schlick , schrick , schtick , seasick , shick , shtick , sic , sick , sidekick , slapstick , slick , smick , snick , spic , spick , stick , strick , swick , thick , tic , tick , toothpick , trick , vandyck , vanwyck , vanwyk , vic , vick , vik , wick , wik , wrick , wyk , yardstick , zick , zwick