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kicking
(encz) | kicking,kopající adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Kicking
(gcide) | Kick \Kick\ (k[i^]k), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Kicked (k[i^]kt); p.
pr. & vb. n. Kicking.] [W. cicio, fr. cic foot.]
1. To strike, thrust, or hit violently with the foot; as, a
horse kicks a groom; a man kicks a dog.
[1913 Webster]
He [Frederick the Great] kicked the shins of his
judges. --Macaulay.
[1913 Webster]
2. To evict or remove from a place or position, usually with
out or off; as, they kicked him off the staff; he was
kicked out of the restaurant; the landlord kicked them out
of the apartment for making too much noise.
[PJC]
3. (Sport) To score (goals or points) by kicking; as, they
kicked three field goals in the game.
[PJC]
4. To discontinue; -- usually used of habitual activities;
as, to kick a habit; he kicked his drug habit.
[PJC]
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]
To kick oneself, to experience strong regret; as, he kicked
himself for not investing in the stock market in 1995.
[1913 Webster +PJC] |
kicking
(gcide) | kicking \kicking\ n.
The act of delivering a blow with the foot.
Syn: kick, boot.
[WordNet 1.5]
alive and kicking alive and vigorously active.
[PJC] |
kicking
(wn) | kicking
n 1: 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"
[syn: kick, kicking]
2: the act of delivering a blow with the foot; "he gave the ball
a powerful kick"; "the team's kicking was excellent" [syn:
kick, boot, kicking] |
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alive and kicking
(encz) | alive and kicking,zdravý a čilý [fráz.] Pino |
kicking around
(encz) | kicking around, |
place-kicking
(encz) | place-kicking, n: |
alive and kicking
(gcide) | kicking \kicking\ n.
The act of delivering a blow with the foot.
Syn: kick, boot.
[WordNet 1.5]
alive and kicking alive and vigorously active.
[PJC] |
Kicking
(gcide) | Kick \Kick\ (k[i^]k), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Kicked (k[i^]kt); p.
pr. & vb. n. Kicking.] [W. cicio, fr. cic foot.]
1. To strike, thrust, or hit violently with the foot; as, a
horse kicks a groom; a man kicks a dog.
[1913 Webster]
He [Frederick the Great] kicked the shins of his
judges. --Macaulay.
[1913 Webster]
2. To evict or remove from a place or position, usually with
out or off; as, they kicked him off the staff; he was
kicked out of the restaurant; the landlord kicked them out
of the apartment for making too much noise.
[PJC]
3. (Sport) To score (goals or points) by kicking; as, they
kicked three field goals in the game.
[PJC]
4. To discontinue; -- usually used of habitual activities;
as, to kick a habit; he kicked his drug habit.
[PJC]
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]
To kick oneself, to experience strong regret; as, he kicked
himself for not investing in the stock market in 1995.
[1913 Webster +PJC]kicking \kicking\ n.
The act of delivering a blow with the foot.
Syn: kick, boot.
[WordNet 1.5]
alive and kicking alive and vigorously active.
[PJC] |
place-kicking
(wn) | place-kicking
n 1: (sports) a kick in which the ball is placed on the ground
before kicking [syn: place kick, place-kicking] |
kicking dead whales down the beach
(foldoc) | kicking dead whales down the beach
like kicking dead whales down the beach
whales
A simile for a slow, difficult, and
disgusting process. First popularised by a famous quote about
the difficulty of getting work done under one of IBM's
mainframe OSes. "Well, you *could* write a C compiler in
COBOL, but it would be like kicking dead whales down the
beach."
[Jargon File]
(2012-09-21)
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like kicking dead whales down the beach
(foldoc) | kicking dead whales down the beach
like kicking dead whales down the beach
whales
A simile for a slow, difficult, and
disgusting process. First popularised by a famous quote about
the difficulty of getting work done under one of IBM's
mainframe OSes. "Well, you *could* write a C compiler in
COBOL, but it would be like kicking dead whales down the
beach."
[Jargon File]
(2012-09-21)
|
like kicking dead whales down the beach
(jargon) | like kicking dead whales down the beach
adj.
Describes a slow, difficult, and disgusting process. First popularized by a
famous quote about the difficulty of getting work done under one of IBM's
mainframe OSes. “Well, you could write a C compiler in COBOL, but it would
be like kicking dead whales down the beach.” See also fear and loathing.
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