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Kicked

Kick \Kick\ (k[i^]k), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Kicked (k[i^]kt); p. pr. & vb. n. Kicking.] [W. cicio, fr. cic foot.]

  1. To strike, thrust, or hit violently with the foot; as, a horse kicks a groom; a man kicks a dog.

    He [Frederick the Great] kicked the shins of his judges.
    --Macaulay.

  2. To evict or remove from a place or position, usually with out or off; as, they kicked him off the staff; he was kicked out of the restaurant; the landlord kicked them out of the apartment for making too much noise.

  3. (Sport) To score (goals or points) by kicking; as, they kicked three field goals in the game.

  4. To discontinue; -- usually used of habitual activities; as, to kick a habit; he kicked his drug habit.

    To kick the beam, to fit up and strike the beam; -- said of the lighter arm of a loaded balance; hence, to be found wanting in weight.
    --Milton.

    To kick the bucket, to lose one's life; to die. [Colloq. & Low]

    To kick oneself, to experience strong regret; as, he kicked himself for not investing in the stock market in 199

Wiktionary
kicked
  1. (context slang smoking of a pipe English) empty with nothing left to smoke but ash. v

  2. (en-past of: kick)

Usage examples of "kicked".

One of the men groaned and Ken kicked him in the head with unexpected ruthlessness.

With decided pleasure I kicked the rags of my asylum tunic overboard and watched them sink below the surface.

He skipped the shale across the ground, watching the puff of dust it kicked up as it ricocheted off the rock wall.

He kicked at a grain sack and Hrrula, hunkering down, caught the slight shower of seed.

He kicked and prodded through the mulch and uncovered not the slightest trace of habitation.

It slid to a rapid halt in a heap of coils to see what had kicked up the dirt just as Hrriss gathered himself in his saddle and sprang.

He kicked out at another who leaped at him in a frontal attack, catching him in the throat, snapping the fringed jaw shut, and knocking him unconscious.

When Greene kicked, Todd hooked his feet out from under him and sat on him while Hrriss continued his inspection of the toolkit.

Sensing the visitors, sick horses and mules started to whicker, somewhat nervously: one kicked its side partitions.

Teabag kicked backwards with one hoof to discourage the untoward familiarity.

Sand kicked up almost in her face and there was the smell of explosive propellant in the air.

The snakes were relatively placid up near the dunes, in strong contrast to the way they would act later on, when they were tired and the clutching hunger had fully kicked in.

Nodding, Don squeezed the trigger, and a puff of dust kicked up on the right of the snake's nose.

With a guilty start, the younger man wound the sack around his saddlehorn and kicked his horse over to where Mrs Boncyk and two farmhands were fighting off tiddlers who were slithering around the pen looking for any weakness.

She felt him lean toward her, across the child, so that the baby kicked against the constriction.