KICK

Kick

Kick is the sixth studio album by the Australian rock band INXS, released in 1987 by WEA in Australia, Atlantic Records in the United States and Phonogram Records in the United Kingdom on Audio CD, Compact Cassette and Gramophone record. As the band's most successful studio album, it is certified six times platinum by the RIAA, and spawned four US top 10 singles, "New Sensation", "Never Tear Us Apart", "Devil Inside" and "Need You Tonight", the last of which reached the top of the Billboard singles charts. At the 1988 MTV Video Music Awards, the band took home five Moonmen for the "Need You ...

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KICK

KICK may refer to: KICK-FM, a radio station licensed to Palmyra, Missouri, United States, CKIC-FM, a radio station licensed to Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, branded as KICK-FM, Karate International Council of Kickboxing, KICK , a Michigan non-profit business

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kick

Noun

  1. A hit or strike with the leg or foot or knee.
    A kick to the knee.
  2. The action of swinging a foot or leg.
    The ballerina did a high kick and a leap.
  3. Something that tickles the fancy; something fun or amusing.
    I finally saw the show. What a kick!
    I think I sprained something on my latest exercise kick.
  4. The removal of a person from an online activity.
  5. A button (of a joypad, joystick or similar device) whose only or main current function is that when it is pressed causes a video game character to kick.
  6. Any bucking motion of an object that lacks legs or feet.
    The car had a nasty kick the whole way.
    The pool ball took a wild kick, up off the table.
  7. piquancy
  8. A stimulation provided by an intoxicating substance.
  9. A pass played by kicking with the foot.
  10. The distance traveled by kicking the ball.
    a long kick up the field.
  11. a recoil of a gun.
  12. pocket
  13. An increase in speed in the final part of a running race.
  14. To attack (a piece) in order to force it to move.

Verb

  1. To strike or hit with the foot or other extremity of the leg.
    Did you kick your brother?
  2. To make a sharp jerking movement of the leg, as to strike something.
    He enjoyed the simple pleasure of watching the kickline kick.
  3. To direct to a particular place by a blow with the foot or leg.
    Kick the ball into the goal.
  4. To eject summarily.
  5. To remove a participant from an online activity.
    He was kicked by ChanServ for flooding.
  6. To overcome (a bothersome or difficult issue or obstacle); to free onself of (a problem).
    By taking that medication, he managed to get his triggered phobia of heights kicked.
    I still smoke, but they keep telling me to kick the habit.
  7. To move or push suddenly and violently.
    He was kicked sideways by the force of the blast.
  8. To recoil; to push by recoiling.

Verb (etymology 2)

  1. To die.


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