Why are you kicking about your cousin? What has he done now?
•They kicked about our regulations, but they finally accepted them.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
kick about — phrasal verb kick around or kick about Word forms kick around : present tense I/you/we/they kick around he/she/it kicks around present participle kicking around past tense kicked around past participle kicked around informal 1) British… … English dictionary
kick — kick1 [ kık ] verb *** 1. ) intransitive or transitive to hit something or someone with your foot: Mom! Jimmy kicked me! Some children will bite and kick when they get angry. kick something open/closed/shut: Jerry kicked the door open. kick… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
kick up — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms kick up : present tense I/you/we/they kick up he/she/it kicks up present participle kicking up past tense kicked up past participle kicked up 1) kick up something to make something go up into the air The storm … English dictionary
kick — 1 verb 1 HIT WITH YOUR FOOT (I, T) to hit something with your foot: She kicked me under the table. | Joe, stop kicking! | kick sth down/over etc: The police kicked the door down. | kick sth around/towards etc: Billy was kicking a ball around the… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
kick — kick1 W3S2 [kık] v [I and T] 1.) to hit something with your foot kick sth down/over/around etc ▪ Billy was kicking a ball around the yard. ▪ The police kicked the door down. kick sb in the stomach/face/shin etc ▪ There was a scuffle and he kicked … Dictionary of contemporary English
kick — kickable, adj. kickless, adj. /kik/, v.t. 1. to strike with the foot or feet: to kick the ball; to kick someone in the shins. 2. to drive, force, make, etc., by or as if by kicks. 3. Football. to score (a field goal or a conversion) by place… … Universalium
kick around — phrasal verb kick around or kick about Word forms kick around : present tense I/you/we/they kick around he/she/it kicks around present participle kicking around past tense kicked around past participle kicked around informal 1) British… … English dictionary
kick — 1. n. a charge or good feeling (from something); pleasure or enjoyment from something. (See also get a kick out of someone or something.) □ That song really gives me a kick. I love it! □ What a kick that gives me! 2. n. the jolt from a drug or a… … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
Kick-Ass (film) — Kick Ass Theatrical release poster Directed by … Wikipedia
kick — kick1 verb 1》 strike or propel forcibly with the foot. ↘strike out with the foot or feet. ↘(chiefly in rugby) score (a goal) by a kick. 2》 informal succeed in giving up (a habit or addiction). 3》 (of a gun) recoil when fired. noun 1》 an… … English new terms dictionary
kick in — phrasal verb Word forms kick in : present tense I/you/we/they kick in he/she/it kicks in present participle kicking in past tense kicked in past participle kicked in 1) [intransitive] informal to start to have an effect The medicine took some… … English dictionary
