kicking : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: kicking	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for kicking
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
kicking n a rhythmic thrusting movement of the legs as in swimming or calisthenics; "the kick must be synchronized with the arm movements"; "the swimmer's kicking left a wake behind him" Synonym(s): kick, kicking the act of delivering a blow with the foot; "he gave the ball a powerful kick"; "the team's kicking was excellent" Synonym(s): kick, boot, kicking
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Kick \Kick\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Kicred}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Kicking}.] [W. cicio, fr. cic foot.] 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. {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]