King James Bible Dictionary

KICK, verb transitive To strike with the foot; as, a horse kicks a servant; a man kicks a dog.

KICK, verb intransitive To practice striking with the foot or feet; as a horse accustomed to kick

1. To thrust out the foot or feet with violence, either in wantonness, resistance, anger or contempt; to manifest opposition.

Wherefore kick ye at my sacrifice? 1 Samuel 2:29.

Jeshurun waxed fat and kicked. Deuteronomy 32:15.

It is hard for thee to kick against the goads. Acts 9:5.

KICK, noun A blow with the foot or feet; a striking or thrust of the foot.

KICK'ED, participle passive Struck with the foot or feet.

KICK'ER, noun One that kicks.

KICK'ING, participle present tense Striking with the foot; thrusting out the foot with violence.

KICK'ING, noun The act of striking with the foot, or of yerking the foot with violence. What cannot be effected by kicking may sometimes be done by coaxing.

KICK'SHAW, noun

1. Something fantastical or uncommon, or something that has no particular name.

2. A dish so changed by cooking, that it can scarcely be known.

KICK'SHOE, noun A dancer, in contempt; a caperer; a buffoon. [A word used only by Milton.]