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From Middle English kyken (“to strike out with the foot”), from Old Norse kikna (“to sink at the knees”) and keikja (“to bend backwards”) (compare Old Norse keikr (“bent backwards, the belly jutting forward”)), from Proto-Germanic *kaikaz (“bent backwards”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Proto-Germanic *kī-, *kij- (“to split, dodge, swerve sidewards”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵeyH- (“to sprout, shoot”). Compare also Dutch kijken (“to look”), Middle Low German kīken (“to look, watch”). See keek.

Shortening of kick the bucket.

Shortening of kick ass

297 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: رَكْلَة (rakla) — hit or strike with the leg or foot
• Assamese: লাথ (lath) — hit or strike with the leg or foot
• Assamese: গুৰি (guri) — hit or strike with the leg or foot
• Azerbaijani: təpik — hit or strike with the leg or foot
• Central Bikol: sipa — hit or strike with the leg or foot
• Bulgarian: ритни́к (ritník) — hit or strike with the leg or foot
• Catalan: puntada — hit or strike with the leg or foot
• Catalan: puntada de peu — hit or strike with the leg or foot
• Catalan: guitza — hit or strike with the leg or foot
• Catalan: coça — hit or strike with the leg or foot
• Catalan: xut — hit or strike with the leg or foot
• Ngazidja Comorian: nɗaru — hit or strike with the leg or foot
• Czech: kop — hit or strike with the leg or foot
• Danish: spark — hit or strike with the leg or foot
• Dutch: schop — hit or strike with the leg or foot
• Dutch: trap — hit or strike with the leg or foot
• Dutch: stamp — hit or strike with the leg or foot
• Faroese: spark — hit or strike with the leg or foot
• Finnish: potku — hit or strike with the leg or foot
• French: coup de pied — hit or strike with the leg or foot
• French: botter — hit or strike with the leg or foot
• Galician: patada — hit or strike with the leg or foot
• Galician: couce — hit or strike with the leg or foot
• Georgian: ჭიტლაყი (č̣iṭlaq̇i) — hit or strike with the leg or foot
• Georgian: პანღური (ṗanɣuri) — hit or strike with the leg or foot
• Greek: κλοτσιά (klotsiá) — hit or strike with the leg or foot
• Ancient Greek: λάκτισμα (láktisma) — hit or strike with the leg or foot
• Hebrew: בעיטה — hit or strike with the leg or foot
• Hindi: लात मारना (lāt mārnā) — hit or strike with the leg or foot
• Icelandic: spark — hit or strike with the leg or foot
• Indonesian: tendangan — hit or strike with the leg or foot
• Irish: cic — hit or strike with the leg or foot
• Irish: speach — hit or strike with the leg or foot
• Italian: calcio — hit or strike with the leg or foot
• Italian: pedata — hit or strike with the leg or foot
• Italian: colpo di piede — hit or strike with the leg or foot
• Japanese: 蹴り — hit or strike with the leg or foot
• Japanese: キック — hit or strike with the leg or foot
• Kazakh: тепкі (tepkı) — hit or strike with the leg or foot
• Kazakh: тебіс (tebıs) — hit or strike with the leg or foot
• Korean: 차기 (chagi) — hit or strike with the leg or foot
• Central Kurdish: شەق (şeq) — hit or strike with the leg or foot
• Central Kurdish: لەقە (leqe) — hit or strike with the leg or foot
• Latvian: spēriens — hit or strike with the leg or foot
• Lithuanian: spyris — hit or strike with the leg or foot
• Macedonian: клоца (kloca) — hit or strike with the leg or foot
• Malagasy: daka — hit or strike with the leg or foot
• Malay: sepakan — hit or strike with the leg or foot
• Malay: tendangan — hit or strike with the leg or foot
• Norwegian Bokmål: spark — hit or strike with the leg or foot
• Norwegian Nynorsk: spark — hit or strike with the leg or foot
• Occitan: reguitnada — hit or strike with the leg or foot
• Persian: لگد (lagad) — hit or strike with the leg or foot
• Polish: kopnięcie — hit or strike with the leg or foot
• Polish: wykop — hit or strike with the leg or foot
• Polish: kop — hit or strike with the leg or foot
• Portuguese: chute — hit or strike with the leg or foot
• Portuguese: pontapé — hit or strike with the leg or foot
• Portuguese: coice — hit or strike with the leg or foot
• Quechua: hayt'a — hit or strike with the leg or foot
• Romanian: șut — hit or strike with the leg or foot
• Romanian: lovitură cu piciorul — hit or strike with the leg or foot
• Russian: пино́к (pinók) — hit or strike with the leg or foot
• Scottish Gaelic: breab — hit or strike with the leg or foot
• Slovene: brca — hit or strike with the leg or foot
• Southern Altai: тебӱ (tebü) — hit or strike with the leg or foot
• Southern Altai: тебиш (tebiš) — hit or strike with the leg or foot
• Spanish: patada — hit or strike with the leg or foot
• Spanish: puntapié — hit or strike with the leg or foot
• Spanish: puntillón — hit or strike with the leg or foot
• Swedish: spark — hit or strike with the leg or foot
• Telugu: తాపు (tāpu) — hit or strike with the leg or foot
• Turkish: tekme — hit or strike with the leg or foot
• Ottoman Turkish: لكد (leked) — hit or strike with the leg or foot
• Ukrainian: копня́к (kopnják) — hit or strike with the leg or foot
• Urdu: لات (lāt) — hit or strike with the leg or foot
• Vietnamese: đòn đá — hit or strike with the leg or foot
• Vietnamese: cú đá — hit or strike with the leg or foot
• Yiddish: בריקע (brike) — hit or strike with the leg or foot
• Bulgarian: ри́тане (rítane) — action of swinging a foot or leg
• Finnish: potku — action of swinging a foot or leg
• Norwegian: spark — action of swinging a foot or leg
• Swedish: spark — action of swinging a foot or leg
• Ukrainian: уда́р (udár) — action of swinging a foot or leg
• Ukrainian: вдар (vdar) — action of swinging a foot or leg
• Bulgarian: удово́лствие (udovólstvie) — colloquial: something fun or amusing
• Dutch: kick — colloquial: something fun or amusing
• Swedish: kick — colloquial: something fun or amusing
• Ukrainian: сміхота́ (smixotá) — colloquial: something fun or amusing
• Ukrainian: весе́лощі (vesélošči) — colloquial: something fun or amusing
• Afrikaans: skop — strike with or raise the foot or leg
• Ainu: オテッテㇾケ (otetterke) — strike with or raise the foot or leg
• Ainu: オテㇾケ (oterke) — strike with or raise the foot or leg
• Southern Altai: тебер (teber) — strike with or raise the foot or leg
• Arabic: رَفَسَ (rafasa) — strike with or raise the foot or leg
• Arabic: رَكَلَ (rakala) — strike with or raise the foot or leg
• Arabic: رفس (rafas) — strike with or raise the foot or leg
• Arabic: شات (šāt) — strike with or raise the foot or leg
• Arabic: رفس (rafas) — strike with or raise the foot or leg
• Assamese: লথিয়া (lothia) — strike with or raise the foot or leg
• Assamese: গুৰিয়া (guria) — strike with or raise the foot or leg
• Azerbaijani: təpikləmək — strike with or raise the foot or leg
• Azerbaijani: təpik vurmaq — strike with or raise the foot or leg
• Azerbaijani: təpik atmaq — strike with or raise the foot or leg
• Belarusian: шту́рхаць (štúrxacʹ) — strike with or raise the foot or leg
• Belarusian: штурхну́ць (šturxnúcʹ) — strike with or raise the foot or leg
• Belarusian: брыка́ць (brykácʹ) — strike with or raise the foot or leg
• Belarusian: брыкну́ць (bryknúcʹ) — strike with or raise the foot or leg
• Bulgarian: ри́там (rítam) — strike with or raise the foot or leg
• Burmese: ကန် (kan) — strike with or raise the foot or leg
• Catalan: donar un cop de peu — strike with or raise the foot or leg
• Catalan: donar una puntada (de peu) — strike with or raise the foot or leg
• Catalan: xutar — strike with or raise the foot or leg
• Catalan: tustar — strike with or raise the foot or leg
• Cebuano: sipa — strike with or raise the foot or leg
• Chinese Cantonese: 踢 (tek3) — strike with or raise the foot or leg
• Hakka Chinese: 踢 (thet) — strike with or raise the foot or leg
• Chinese: 踢 (zh-min-nan) — strike with or raise the foot or leg
• Chinese Mandarin: 踢 (tī) — strike with or raise the foot or leg
• Chinese Mandarin: 蹴 (cù) — strike with or raise the foot or leg
• Chinese Mandarin: 趵 (bō) — strike with or raise the foot or leg
• Chinese Mandarin: 踆 (cūn) — strike with or raise the foot or leg
• Chinese Mandarin: 踶 (dì) — strike with or raise the foot or leg
• Chinese Mandarin: 蹄 (dì) — strike with or raise the foot or leg
• Czech: kopat — strike with or raise the foot or leg
• Czech: kopnout — strike with or raise the foot or leg
• Danish: sparke — strike with or raise the foot or leg
• Dutch: schoppen — strike with or raise the foot or leg
• Dutch: stampen — strike with or raise the foot or leg
• Dutch: trappen — strike with or raise the foot or leg
• Esperanto: piedbati — strike with or raise the foot or leg
• Finnish: potkaista — strike with or raise the foot or leg
• Finnish: potkia — strike with or raise the foot or leg
• French: donner un coup de pied à — strike with or raise the foot or leg
• French: botter — strike with or raise the foot or leg
• Galician: patear — strike with or raise the foot or leg
• Georgian: ფეხის კვრა (pexis ḳvra) — strike with or raise the foot or leg
• Georgian: წიხლის კვრა (c̣ixlis ḳvra) — strike with or raise the foot or leg
• Georgian: პანღური (ṗanɣuri) — strike with or raise the foot or leg
• Georgian: პანჩური (ṗančuri) — strike with or raise the foot or leg
• German: treten — strike with or raise the foot or leg
• German: kicken — strike with or raise the foot or leg
• Greek: κλοτσώ (klotsó) — strike with or raise the foot or leg
• Ancient Greek: λακτίζω (laktízō) — strike with or raise the foot or leg
• Hebrew: בָּעַט (ba'át) — strike with or raise the foot or leg
• Higaonon: sinipa — strike with or raise the foot or leg
• Hindi: लात मारना (lāt mārnā) — strike with or raise the foot or leg
• Hungarian: rúg — strike with or raise the foot or leg
• Icelandic: sparka — strike with or raise the foot or leg
• Icelandic: sparka í — strike with or raise the foot or leg
• Indonesian: tendang — strike with or raise the foot or leg
• Indonesian: menendang — strike with or raise the foot or leg
• Ingrian: potkia — strike with or raise the foot or leg
• Irish: ciceáil — strike with or raise the foot or leg
• Italian: calciare — strike with or raise the foot or leg
• Japanese: 蹴る (keru) — strike with or raise the foot or leg
• Japanese: キックする (kikku suru) — strike with or raise the foot or leg
• Kazakh: тебу (tebu) — strike with or raise the foot or leg
• Khasi: kynjat — strike with or raise the foot or leg
• Khmer: ទាត់ (tŏət) — strike with or raise the foot or leg
• Khmer: កែង (kaeng-) — strike with or raise the foot or leg
• Khmer: ធាក់ (thĕək) — strike with or raise the foot or leg
• Korean: 차다 (chada) — strike with or raise the foot or leg
• Central Kurdish: شەق لێدان (şeq lêdan) — strike with or raise the foot or leg
• Kyrgyz: тебүү (tebüü) — strike with or raise the foot or leg
• Lao: ເຕະ (te) — strike with or raise the foot or leg
• Latin: calcitrō — strike with or raise the foot or leg
• Latvian: spert — strike with or raise the foot or leg
• Latvian: spārdīt — strike with or raise the foot or leg
• Latvian: spārdīties — strike with or raise the foot or leg
• Lithuanian: spirti — strike with or raise the foot or leg
• Lithuanian: spardyti — strike with or raise the foot or leg
• Lithuanian: spardytis — strike with or raise the foot or leg
• Lutuv: chi — strike with or raise the foot or leg
• Macedonian: клоца (kloca) — strike with or raise the foot or leg
• Macedonian: клоцне (klocne) — strike with or raise the foot or leg
• Malagasy: mandaka — strike with or raise the foot or leg
• Malay: sepak — strike with or raise the foot or leg
• Malay: tendang — strike with or raise the foot or leg
• Brunei Malay: tandang — strike with or raise the foot or leg
• Brunei Malay: sipak — strike with or raise the foot or leg
• Manchu: ᡶᡝᠰᡥᡝᠯᡝᠮᠪᡳ (feshelembi) — strike with or raise the foot or leg
• Norman: co-d'piêter — strike with or raise the foot or leg
• Norman: codpîser — strike with or raise the foot or leg
• Norwegian: sparke — strike with or raise the foot or leg
• Old English: spornan — strike with or raise the foot or leg
• Oromo: dhiituu — strike with or raise the foot or leg
• Persian: لگد زدن (lagad zadan) — strike with or raise the foot or leg
• Polish: kopać — strike with or raise the foot or leg
• Polish: kopnąć — strike with or raise the foot or leg
• Portuguese: chutar — strike with or raise the foot or leg
• Quechua: hayt'ay — strike with or raise the foot or leg
• Romanian: șuta — strike with or raise the foot or leg
• Romanian: lovi cu piciorul — strike with or raise the foot or leg
• Russian: пина́ть (pinátʹ) — strike with or raise the foot or leg
• Russian: пнуть (pnutʹ) — strike with or raise the foot or leg
• Russian: ляга́ть (ljagátʹ) — strike with or raise the foot or leg
• Russian: лягну́ть (ljagnútʹ) — strike with or raise the foot or leg
• Sardinian: calchidare — strike with or raise the foot or leg
• Scottish Gaelic: breab — strike with or raise the foot or leg
• Serbo-Croatian: udariti (nogom) — strike with or raise the foot or leg
• Shan: ပိတ်ႉ (pḭ̂t) — strike with or raise the foot or leg
• Sicilian: cauciari — strike with or raise the foot or leg
• Sicilian: dari na pidata — strike with or raise the foot or leg
• Slovak: kopať — strike with or raise the foot or leg
• Slovak: kopnúť — strike with or raise the foot or leg
• Slovene: brcniti — strike with or raise the foot or leg
• Sotho: raha — strike with or raise the foot or leg
• Spanish: dar una patada — strike with or raise the foot or leg
• Spanish: dar un puntapié — strike with or raise the foot or leg
• Spanish: patear — strike with or raise the foot or leg
• Swedish: sparka — strike with or raise the foot or leg
• Tagalog: sipain — strike with or raise the foot or leg
• Tausug: sipa — strike with or raise the foot or leg
• Telugu: తన్ను (tannu) — strike with or raise the foot or leg
• Thai: เตะ (dtè) — strike with or raise the foot or leg
• Tok Pisin: kik — strike with or raise the foot or leg
• Turkish: tekmelemek — strike with or raise the foot or leg
• Turkish: tekme atmak — strike with or raise the foot or leg
• Ukrainian: штовха́ти (štovxáty) — strike with or raise the foot or leg
• Ukrainian: штовхну́ти (štovxnúty) — strike with or raise the foot or leg
• Ukrainian: ко́пати (kópaty) — strike with or raise the foot or leg
• Ukrainian: ко́пнути (kópnuty) — strike with or raise the foot or leg
• Vietnamese: đá — strike with or raise the foot or leg
• Welsh: cicio — strike with or raise the foot or leg
• Yiddish: בריקען (briken) — strike with or raise the foot or leg
• Bulgarian: ри́там (rítam) — direct to a particular place by a blow with the foot or leg
• Catalan: xutar — direct to a particular place by a blow with the foot or leg
• Chinese Cantonese: 踢 (thek3) — direct to a particular place by a blow with the foot or leg
• Hakka Chinese: 踢 (thet) — direct to a particular place by a blow with the foot or leg
• Chinese: 踢 (zh-min-nan) — direct to a particular place by a blow with the foot or leg
• Chinese Mandarin: 踢 (tī) — direct to a particular place by a blow with the foot or leg
• Chinese Mandarin: 蹴 (cù) — direct to a particular place by a blow with the foot or leg
• Czech: kopat — direct to a particular place by a blow with the foot or leg
• Czech: kopnout — direct to a particular place by a blow with the foot or leg
• Finnish: potkaista — direct to a particular place by a blow with the foot or leg
• Georgian: ჭიტლაყი (č̣iṭlaq̇i) — direct to a particular place by a blow with the foot or leg
• Georgian: პანღური (ṗanɣuri) — direct to a particular place by a blow with the foot or leg
• German: schießen — direct to a particular place by a blow with the foot or leg
• Hindi: लात मारना (lāt mārnā) — direct to a particular place by a blow with the foot or leg
• Icelandic: sparka — direct to a particular place by a blow with the foot or leg
• Icelandic: sparka í — direct to a particular place by a blow with the foot or leg
• Indonesian: menendang — direct to a particular place by a blow with the foot or leg
• Indonesian: menyepak — direct to a particular place by a blow with the foot or leg
• Irish: ciceáil — direct to a particular place by a blow with the foot or leg
• Japanese: 蹴る (keru) — direct to a particular place by a blow with the foot or leg
• Kazakh: тебу (tebu) — direct to a particular place by a blow with the foot or leg
• Māori: whana — direct to a particular place by a blow with the foot or leg
• Norwegian: sparke — direct to a particular place by a blow with the foot or leg
• Polish: kopać — direct to a particular place by a blow with the foot or leg
• Polish: kopnąć — direct to a particular place by a blow with the foot or leg
• Portuguese: chutar — direct to a particular place by a blow with the foot or leg
• Russian: пина́ть (pinátʹ) — direct to a particular place by a blow with the foot or leg
• Russian: пнуть (pnutʹ) — direct to a particular place by a blow with the foot or leg
• Russian: ляга́ть (ljagátʹ) — direct to a particular place by a blow with the foot or leg
• Russian: лягну́ть (ljagnútʹ) — direct to a particular place by a blow with the foot or leg
• Scottish Gaelic: breab — direct to a particular place by a blow with the foot or leg
• Spanish: shotear — direct to a particular place by a blow with the foot or leg
• Spanish: chutar — direct to a particular place by a blow with the foot or leg
• Spanish: despejar — direct to a particular place by a blow with the foot or leg
• Swedish: sparka — direct to a particular place by a blow with the foot or leg
• Tok Pisin: kik — direct to a particular place by a blow with the foot or leg
• Ukrainian: вдаря́ти (vdarjáty) — direct to a particular place by a blow with the foot or leg
• Ukrainian: ударя́ти (udarjáty) — direct to a particular place by a blow with the foot or leg
• Ukrainian: вда́рити (vdáryty) — direct to a particular place by a blow with the foot or leg
• Ukrainian: уда́рити (udáryty) — direct to a particular place by a blow with the foot or leg
• Bulgarian: изри́твам (izrítvam) — to remove a participant from an online activity
• Chinese Mandarin: 踢 (tī) — to remove a participant from an online activity
• Chinese Mandarin: 踢出 (tīchū) — to remove a participant from an online activity
• Chinese Mandarin: 移出 (yíchū) — to remove a participant from an online activity
• Finnish: poistaa — to remove a participant from an online activity
• Finnish: potkaista — to remove a participant from an online activity
• Finnish: potkia — to remove a participant from an online activity
• Finnish: heittää ulos — to remove a participant from an online activity
• French: kicker — to remove a participant from an online activity
• German: herauswerfen — to remove a participant from an online activity
• Hebrew: העיף (he'if) — to remove a participant from an online activity
• Icelandic: sparka út — to remove a participant from an online activity
• Icelandic: sparka út af — to remove a participant from an online activity
• Italian: kickare — to remove a participant from an online activity
• Portuguese: kickar — to remove a participant from an online activity
• Russian: ки́кать (kíkatʹ) — to remove a participant from an online activity
• Russian: ки́кнуть (kíknutʹ) — to remove a participant from an online activity
• Turkish: atmak — to remove a participant from an online activity
• Ukrainian: виганя́ти (vyhanjáty) — to remove a participant from an online activity
• Ukrainian: ви́гнати (výhnaty) — to remove a participant from an online activity
• Ukrainian: кі́кати (kíkaty) — to remove a participant from an online activity
• Ukrainian: кі́кнути (kíknuty) — to remove a participant from an online activity
• Ngazidja Comorian: udjitswa — reproach oneself
• Ngazidja Comorian: udjitsa — reproach oneself
• Finnish: soimata itseään — reproach oneself
• French: s'en mordre les doigts — reproach oneself
• German: sich in den Hintern beißen — reproach oneself
• Polish: pluć sobie w brodę — reproach oneself
• Russian: вини́ть себя́ (vinítʹ sebjá) — reproach oneself
• Russian: занима́ться самобичеванием (zanimátʹsja samobičevanijem) — reproach oneself
• Ukrainian: не знахо́дити собі́ мі́сця (ne znaxódyty sobí míscja) — reproach oneself