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# kick

verb (kick, kicks, kicked, kicking; kick off, kick out); noun (a kick, kicks)

«kick» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. To hit something with your foot. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kick/#m1)
2. Of a person or animal: to move the legs strongly: babies kick, horses kick. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kick/#m2)
3. A noun: a hit with the foot: a free kick, a penalty kick. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kick/#m3)
4. Kick off: to start a football match, or to start anything. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kick/#m4)
5. Informal: a feeling of fun or excitement: «I get a kick out of it». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kick/#m5)

### In the lessons

In sport: kick the ball, free kick, penalty kick, corner kick; kick-off starts a match. In behaviour: kicking people is hurting — never okay. In safety: horses can kick if you stand behind them. In swimming: kick your legs. Phrases: kick the ball, free kick, kick-off, kick out, kick the habit, kick up a fuss, get a kick out of.

### Examples

- Kick the ball to me! [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kick/#x1)
- The match kicks off at three. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kick/#x2)
- He scored with a free kick. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kick/#x3)
- Don't stand behind a horse — it might kick. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kick/#x4)
- Kick your legs when you swim. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kick/#x5)
- It's not okay to kick people. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kick/#x6)
- The baby kicked its feet. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kick/#x7)
- She kicked up a fuss about her dinner. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kick/#x8)
- It made Peter kick instead of stab. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kick/#x9)

### Note

Regular verb: kicked. «Kick-off» (noun) has a hyphen; «kick off» (verb) does not. Kicking is hurting even if it is «just a game».

## In Jewish tradition

In the Torah it describes Jeshurun, a poetic name for Israel, who grew fat and turned against God like a pampered animal.

**Interpretation.** Commentators read it as a warning that comfort and plenty can make people forget God. Jeshurun is a loving name for Israel, meaning the upright one.

### Examples

- But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked — thou didst wax fat, thou didst grow thick, thou didst become gross — and he forsook God who made him, and contemned the Rock of his salvation. (Torah DEU.32.15, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/K/kick/#x1)
- Wherefore kick ye at My sacrifice and at Mine offering, which I have commanded in My habitation; and honourest thy sons above Me, to make yourselves fat with the chiefest of all the offerings of Israel My people? (Prophets 1SA.2.29, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/K/kick/#x2)

### Note

Regular verb: kicked. «Kick-off» (noun) has a hyphen; «kick off» (verb) does not. Kicking is hurting even if it is «just a game».

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «kick» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kick/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«kick» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/kick.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «kick» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/K/kick/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«kick» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/kick.html) on Mova free.