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      kick
      noun
      A hit or strike with the leg, foot or knee.
      The action of swinging a foot or leg.
      (colloquial) Something that tickles the fancy; something fun or amusing; a pleasure; a thrill.
      (Internet) The removal of a person from an online activity.
      (computer hardware) The act of restarting or resetting a watchdog timer.
      (figuratively) Any bucking motion of an object that lacks legs or feet.
      (uncountable and countable) A pungent or spicy flavour; piquancy.
      A stimulation provided by an intoxicating substance.
      (soccer) A pass played by kicking with the foot.
      (soccer) The distance traveled by kicking the ball.
      The recoil of a gun.
      (informal) A pocket.
      An increase in speed in the final part of a running race.
      (film, television) Synonym of kicker (“backlight positioned at an angle”).
      (colloquial) A shoe.
      (music) Clipping of kickdrum; a 808. [A bass drum played using a foot pedal.]
      (British, historical, dated, colloquial) Sixpence.
      verb
      (transitive) To strike or hit with the foot or other extremity of the leg.
      (intransitive) To make a sharp jerking movement of the leg, as to strike something.
      (transitive) To direct to a particular place by a blow with the foot or leg.
      (with "off" or "out") To eject summarily.
      (transitive, Internet) To forcibly remove a participant from an online activity.
      (transitive, slang) To overcome (a bothersome or difficult issue or obstacle); to free oneself of (a problem).
      To move or push suddenly and violently.
      (of a firearm) To recoil; to push by recoiling.
      (chess, transitive) To attack (a piece) in order to force it to move.
      (intransitive, cycling) To accelerate quickly with a few pedal strokes in an effort to break away from other riders.
      (intransitive) To show opposition or resistance.
      (computing, transitive) To reset (a watchdog timer).
      (reflexive, informal) To reproach oneself for making a mistake or missing an opportunity.
      (intransitive) To die.
      (slang, intransitive) To be emphatically excellent.
      (printing, historical) To work a press by impact of the foot on a treadle.
      Synonyms for kick
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