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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 t…

Capable or deserving of being kicked. "A kickable boy." G. Eliot.

A tribe of Indians which formerly occupied the region of Northern Illinois, allied in language to the Sacs and Foxes.

One who, or that which, kicks.

See Kickshaws, the correct singular.

Something fantastical; any trifling, trumpery thing; a toy. Art thou good at these kickshawses! Shak.

A kickshaws. Milton.

Fantastic; restless; as, kicksy-wicksy flames. Nares.

That which is restless and uneasy.

The water thrush or accentor. [Local, West Indies]

To make a place kick; to make (a goal) by a place kick. -- Place"-kick`er, n.

A spherical body of any substance or size used to play with, as by throwing, knocking, kicking, etc.

To punish by kicking with a booted foot. [U. S.]

A kicking, as with a booted foot. [U. S.]

ston of a lifting pump. Fire bucket, a bucket for carrying water to put out fires. -- To kick the bucket, to die. [Low]

Firm; sturdy. And for the good old cause stood buff, 'Gainst many a bitter kick and cuff. Hudibras.

Kicking. Hence: Stubborn; refractory.

To kick.

Act of kicking.

A sudden thrust, push, kick, or other impulse, producing a bias or change of direction; also, the bias or turn so give; as, to give a ball a cant.