kick: meaning and words from its letters
4 letters · 14 letter points · starts with K · ends with K
Meaning of kick
verb
- transitive
To strike or hit with the foot or other extremity of the leg.
Example: Did you kick your brother?
- intransitive
To make a sharp jerking movement of the leg, as to strike something.
Example: He enjoyed the simple pleasure of watching the kickline kick.
- transitive
To direct to a particular place by a blow with the foot or leg.
Example: Kick the ball into the goal.
To eject summarily.
Listed forms: kicks, kicking, kicked, glossary, kickest.
Source: Wiktionary — kick.
noun
- countable, uncountable
A hit or strike with the leg, foot or knee.
Example: A kick to the knee.
- countable, uncountable
The action of swinging a foot or leg.
Example: The ballerina did a high kick and a leap.
- countable, uncountable
The action of swinging a foot or leg. A kicking motion used in a swim stroke.
- colloquial, countable, uncountable
Something that tickles the fancy; something fun or amusing; a pleasure; a thrill.
Example: I finally saw the show. What a kick!
Listed forms: kicks.
Source: Wiktionary — kick.
verb
- intransitive
To die.
Listed forms: kicks, kicking, kicked.
Source: Wiktionary — kick.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for kick.
noun
the act of delivering a blow with the foot
noun
the swift release of a store of affective force
noun
the backward jerk of a gun when it is fired
noun
informal terms for objecting
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is kick in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of kick
K(5) + I(1) + C(3) + K(5) = 14 points.
This is a sum of letter values without board bonuses or word multipliers. A blank tile is worth zero: subtract the value of each letter supplied by a blank. The score does not establish game validity. Full letter-value table.
Anagrams of kick
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
No other single-word anagram was found in our standard list.
Shorter words from kick
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