Word Finder - kick

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A hit or strike with the leg, foot or knee.

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A kick to the knee.

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The action of swinging a foot or leg.

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The ballerina did a high kick and a leap.

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Something that tickles the fancy; something fun or amusing.

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I finally saw the show. What a kick!

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The removal of a person from an online activity.

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Any bucking motion of an object that lacks legs or feet.

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The car had a nasty kick the whole way.

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Piquancy.

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A stimulation provided by an intoxicating substance.

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A pass played by kicking with the foot.

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The distance traveled by kicking the ball.

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a long kick up the field.

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A recoil of a gun.

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Pocket.

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An increase in speed in the final part of a running race.

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To strike or hit with the foot or other extremity of the leg.

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Did you kick your brother?

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To make a sharp jerking movement of the leg, as to strike something.

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He enjoyed the simple pleasure of watching the kickline kick.

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To direct to a particular place by a blow with the foot or leg.

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Kick the ball into the goal.

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(with "off" or "out") To eject summarily.

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To forcibly remove a participant from an online activity.

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He was kicked by ChanServ for flooding.

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To overcome (a bothersome or difficult issue or obstacle); to free oneself of (a problem).

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I still smoke, but they keep telling me to kick the habit.

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To move or push suddenly and violently.

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He was kicked sideways by the force of the blast.

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(of a firearm) To recoil; to push by recoiling.

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To attack (a piece) in order to force it to move.

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To accelerate quickly with a few pedal strokes in an effort to break away from other riders.

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Contador kicks again to try to rid himself of Rasmussen.

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To show opposition or resistance.

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To work a press by impact of the foot on a treadle.

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One who kicks.

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One who takes kicks.

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The kicking strap.

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An outboard motor.

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An unexpected situation, detail or circumstance, often unpleasant.

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John wants to climb the wall, but the kicker is that it is thirty feet tall.

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An enticement for investors, e.g. warranty added to the investment contract.

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An unpaired card which is part of a pair, two pair, or three of a kind poker hand.

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Jill's hand was two pair, aces and sevens, with a king kicker.

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Small text above a headline that indicates the topic of the story.

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The last one or two paragraphs of a story.

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A lighthearted or humorous item used to round off a news broadcast.

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A device that periodically displaces a newspaper from the print production line, to aid in gathering the newspapers into fixed-size bundles.

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A launch ramp.

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The fermenting mass of fruit that is the basis of pruno, or "prison wine".

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• motor

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A relaxed party.

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• kickback

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A backlight positioned at an angle.

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• kick

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A particular type of Texan who is associated with country/western attire, attitudes and/or philosophy.

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An introduction; something that leads into the beginning of something.

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After the long lead-in, the climax of the story was a disappointment.

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A region of data at the beginning of a compact disc, holding the table of contents.

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A short phrase that begins the caption of a photograph.