n. an act of kicking a football (as for a field goal) in which the football is dropped and kicked as it touches the ground. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a football kicker who drops the ball and kicks it just as it reaches the ground. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Kicked 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

He [ Frederick the Great ] kicked the shins of his judges. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ PJC ]

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

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

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 1995. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

v. i. 1. 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

I should kick, being kicked. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To recoil; -- said of a musket, cannon, etc.; also called kick back. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Football) To make a kick as an offensive play. [ PJC ]

4. To complain strenuously; to object vigorously. [ PJC ]

5. To resist. [ PJC ]

n. 1. A blow with the foot or feet; a striking or thrust with the foot. [ 1913 Webster ]

A kick, that scarce would move a horse,
May kill a sound divine. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Brickmaking) A projection in a mold, to form a depression in the surface of the brick. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. The recoil of a musket or other firearm, when discharged. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. A surge of pleasure; a thrill; -- usually used in the phrase get a kick out of; as, I always get a kick out of watching an ice skater do a quadruple jump. [ informal ]
Syn. -- bang{ 3 }. [ PJC ]

a. Capable or deserving of being kicked. “A kickable boy.” G. Eliot. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. pl.; sing. Kickapoo /sing>. (Ethnol.) A tribe of Indians which formerly occupied the region of Northern Illinois, allied in language to the Sacs and Foxes. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. recoil, of a gun or machine, as in older automobile engines when started by turning a crank. [ PJC ]

2. A secret, and usually illegal, payment, by a recipient of money paid for goods or services, to a facilitator of the transaction, of a portion of that money; specifically, any portion of a gain made by the seller in a commercial transaction which is returned surreptitiously and illegally to a person (such as a purchasing agent) who authorized or recommended the purchase. It is generally considered a form of bribe. [ PJC ]

v. i. To recoil; -- of guns and machines. [ PJC ]

v. t. To pay (a kickback); as, they kicked back five percent of the sales price. [ PJC ]

n. 1. One who, or that which, kicks. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A fact, condition, or circumstance, sometimes concealed or not obvious, which reduces or eliminates the benefit of an apparently advantageous situation; a joker{ 5 }; as, under the Soviet system, bread was good and cheap, but the kicker was that you waited in line for hours to get any, if it was available. [ informal ] [ PJC ]

3. Hence: An unforeseen added expense or additional cost; as, the printer was cheap, but the special paper it needed was an expensive kicker. [ PJC ]

n. The act of delivering a blow with the foot.
Syn. -- kick, boot. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

alive and kicking alive and vigorously active. [ PJC ]

n. (Football) 1. A kick from the center of the field to start a football game or to resume it after a score. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. the time at which an event or activity begins.
Syn. -- beginning, commencement, first, outset, start, starting time, offset. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. i. (Football) To kick the football from the center of the field to start a football game or to resume it after a score; as, they kicked off at two o'clock. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

v. t. to begin; to commence; as, they kicked off the rally with a playing of the national anthem.
Syn. -- begin, commence, start. [ PJC ]

n. See Kickshaws, the correct singular. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Kickshawses ety>[ Corrupt. fr. F. quelque chose something, fr. L. qualis of what kind (akin to E. which) + suffix -guam + causa cause, in LL., a thing. See Which, and Cause. ] 1. Something fantastical; any trifling, trumpery thing; a toy. [ 1913 Webster ]

Art thou good at these kickshawses! Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A fancy dish; a tidbit; a delicacy. [ 1913 Webster ]

Some pigeons, . . . a joint of mutton, and any pretty little tiny kickshaws. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Cressy was lost by kickshaws and soup-maigre. Fenton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A kickshaws. Milton.

a. Fantastic; restless; as, kicksy-wicksy flames. Nares. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) The water thrush or accentor. [ Local, West Indies ] [ 1913 Webster ]

{ , n. That which is restless and uneasy. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Kicky-wicky, or, in some editions, Kicksy-wicksy, is applied contemptuously to a wife by Shakespeare, in “All's Well that Ends Well, ” ii. 3, 297. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Football) A kickoff in which the kicking team attempts to kick the ball only so far as is legally required (beyond the 50-yard line), so as to have a better chance to recover the kicked ball itself; -- it is a risky type of play used only when the kicking team is losing and there is little time left to play. [ PJC ]

v. t. & i. To make a place kick; to make (a goal) by a place kick. -- Place"-kick`er, n. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]