Synonyms for kicking around

Grammar : Adv, noun, verb

Spell : kik

Phonetic Transcription : kɪk

Top 10 synonyms for kicking around

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Définition of kicking around

Origin : late 14c., "to strike out with the foot" (earliest in biblical phrase now usually rendered as kick against the pricks), of uncertain origin, perhaps from Old Norse kikna "bend backwards, sink at the knees." "The doubts OED has about the Scandinavian origin of kick are probably unfounded" [Liberman]. Related: Kicked; kicking.
Figurative sense of "complain, protest, rebel against" (late 14c.) probably is from the Bible verse. Slang sense of "die" is attested from 1725 (kick the wind was slang for "be hanged," 1590s; see also bucket). Meaning "to end one's drug habit" is from 1936. Kick in "contribute" is from 1908; kick out "expel" is from 1690s. To kick oneself in self-reproach is from 1891. The children's game of kick the can is attested from 1891.

As in somewhere : adv in, or at some place
As in abuse : noun verbal attack
As in mistreat : verb treat badly or wrongly
As in speculate : verb think about deeply and theorize
As in subjugate : verb overpower, defeat
As in cogitate : verb think deeply about
As in contemplate : verb think about seriously; plan
As in debate : verb argue, discuss
As in deliberate : verb think about seriously; discuss
As in dispute : verb argue
As in domineer : verb oppress; assume authority
As in drift : verb move aimlessly
As in analyze : verb examine and determine

Example sentences :

Say, chief, how many of these things were kicking around on this unlucky planet?
Extract from : « Millennium » by Everett B. Cole

Its been kicking around in this car for a long time, I think.
Extract from : « Beginners Luck » by Emily Hahn

Kicking around it as I have I've been able to see what is happening.
Extract from : « The Ambassador » by Samuel Kimball Merwin

Mr. Jones: The kicking around only made it good for grafting.
Extract from : « Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the » by Various

Hadn't been for you, dot old chair vould be kicking around now, and I vouldn't have de fifteen dollars he paid me for it.
Extract from : « Felix O'Day » by F. Hopkinson Smith

You've been kicking around long enough to know when you're left at the post; but you don't know it, all the same.
Extract from : « The Eddy » by Clarence L. Cullen

Was there in your kicking around with him in your discussions—was there ever any discussion of your past, of his past, his life?
Extract from : « Warren Commission (11 of 26): Hearings Vol. XI (of 15) » by The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy

The tents are down; the boys—John and Bob—are kicking around the vacant camp looking for trophies.
Extract from : « A Certain Rich Man » by William Allen White

And then they ran upstairs through the kitchen to see the end of it, and I was kicking around down there for five minutes!
Extract from : « The Turner Twins » by Ralph Henry Barbour

They have been kicking around for years, he says—so small that nobody wanted them.
Extract from : « The Skylark of Space » by Edward Elmer Smith and Lee Hawkins Garby

Antonyms for kicking around

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