Antonyms for kicking around


Grammar : Adv, noun, verb
Spell : kik
Phonetic Transcription : kɪk


Definition 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

Synonyms for kicking around

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