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alive and kicking

adj · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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adj

Meaning 1

Healthy; vital; in good health, particularly in opposition to unfavorable circumstances.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: idiomatic, not-comparable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: alive and well, animated, kicking, above ground, alive, alive and kicking, animate, extant, live, lively, livesome, living, quick, still with us, surviving, undeceased, vital, vitalic

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

26 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 活蹦亂跳 /活蹦乱跳 (huóbèngluàntiào) — healthy, especially in opposition to other circumstances
  • Finnish: elossa ja voimissaan — healthy, especially in opposition to other circumstances
  • French: vif — healthy, especially in opposition to other circumstances
  • French: en pleine forme — healthy, especially in opposition to other circumstances
  • French: bien en vie — healthy, especially in opposition to other circumstances
  • French: sain et sauf — healthy, especially in opposition to other circumstances
  • German: gesund und munter — healthy, especially in opposition to other circumstances
  • German: quicklebendig — healthy, especially in opposition to other circumstances
  • Greek: ακμαιότατος (akmaiótatos) — healthy, especially in opposition to other circumstances
  • Greek: ζει και βασιλεύει (zei kai vasilévei) — healthy, especially in opposition to other circumstances
  • Hebrew: חַי וְקַיָּם (kháy v'kayám) — healthy, especially in opposition to other circumstances
  • Hungarian: él és virul — healthy, especially in opposition to other circumstances
  • Hungarian: ép és egészséges — healthy, especially in opposition to other circumstances
  • Italian: vivo e vegeto — healthy, especially in opposition to other circumstances
  • Italian: in ottima salute — healthy, especially in opposition to other circumstances
  • Japanese: 元気一杯 (genki ippai) — healthy, especially in opposition to other circumstances
  • Japanese: しゃんしゃんする (shanshan suru) — healthy, especially in opposition to other circumstances
  • Occitan: viu — healthy, especially in opposition to other circumstances
  • Occitan: plen de vida — healthy, especially in opposition to other circumstances
  • Polish: o dobrym zdrowiu — healthy, especially in opposition to other circumstances
  • Portuguese: vivo e forte — healthy, especially in opposition to other circumstances
  • Russian: жив-здоро́в (živ-zdoróv) — healthy, especially in opposition to other circumstances
  • Scots: chavin awa — healthy, especially in opposition to other circumstances
  • Scottish Gaelic: ag èirigh 's a' gearan — healthy, especially in opposition to other circumstances
  • Spanish: vivito y coleando — healthy, especially in opposition to other circumstances
  • Spanish: vivo y coleando — healthy, especially in opposition to other circumstances