Antonyms for kicking around
Grammar : Adv, noun, verb |
Spell : kik |
Phonetic Transcription : kɪk |
- abstain
- acclamation
- adulation
- agree
- aid
- allow
- approval
- approve
- assemble
- assist
- benefit
- coddle
- combine
- commendation
- compliment
- concede
- concur
- corroborate
- cure
- decide
- direct
- discard
- dismiss
- disperse
- disregard
- dissipate
- divide
- encourage
- endorse
- exaltation
- fail
- favor
- flattery
- follow
- forget
- free
- give in
- give up
- go along
- go direct
- guard
- guide
- harmonize
- heal
- help
- ignore
- know
- leave alone
- let go
- liberate
- look away
- lose
- make peace
- neglect
- nowhere
- pamper
- pet
- plaudit
- please
- praise
- preservation
- protect
- prove
- reject
- release
- respect
- run
- satisfy
- scatter
- scorn
- serve
- set
- slight
- spend
- stay
- submit
- surrender
- synthesize
- treat well
- win
- yield
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
- 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
- about
- abuse
- accumulate
- agitate
- aim
- altercate
- amass
- amble
- answer
- any old place
- argue
- around
- around somewhere
- aspire to
- assay
- backbite
- bad-mouthing
- bandy
- bash
- bat it around
- be carried along
- be in the saddle
- bear down
- beat a dead horse
- beat down
- beat one's brains
- bend
- bicker
- blame
- bluster
- boss around
- brainstorm
- brawl
- bring to heel
- bring to knees
- brood over
- browbeat
- brutalize
- build castles in air
- bulldoze
- bully
- bump heads
- bung up
- call it
- call the shots
- call the turn
- canvass
- castigation
- censure
- cerebrate
- challenge
- chew over
- chew the cud
- chew the fat
- chop
- clash
- coast
- coerce
- cogitate
- compel
- conceive
- confab
- confute
- conjecture
- conquer
- consider
- consult
- contemplate
- contend
- contest
- contradict
- controvert
- cool out
- cross swords
- crush
- curse
- curses
- dance
- debate
- defamation
- deliberate
- demonstrate
- deny
- derision
- design
- differ
- disaffirm
- discept
- discuss
- disprove
- dispute
- do wrong
- dominate
- dope
- dope out
- doubt
- draw near
- dump on
- elsewhere
- enslave
- enthrall
- envisage
- envision
- estimate
- evaluate
- excogitate
- expect
- figure
- figure out
- flash on
- flicker
- flit
- flitter
- float
- flow
- flutter
- force
- foresee
- gad
- gainsay
- gallivant
- gather
- get down to brass tacks
- give black eye
- go with the tide
- go-that-a-way
- gravitate
- guess
- guesstimate
- hammer away at
- handle roughly
- harm
- hash
- hash over
- hassle
- have a hunch
- have at
- have at it
- hazard a guess
- head trip
- hector
- henpeck
- here and there
- hold sway
- hosing
- hover
- hypothesize
- imagine
- impugn
- in one place or another
- in the driver's seat
- injure
- inspect
- insults
- intend
- interpret
- intimidate
- invective
- investigate
- judge
- jump on one's case
- keep under thumb
- kick around
- kicking around
- knifing
- knock around
- lead by the nose
- libel
- linger
- lock horns
- malinger
- maltreat
- maul
- mean
- meander
- meditate
- meditate on
- menace
- mess up
- mind
- misuse
- molest
- moot
- mosey
- muck
- mull over
- muse
- muse over
- negate
- noodle around
- obloquy
- observe
- oppose
- opprobrium
- outrage
- overbear
- overcome
- overthrow
- parts unknown
- percolate
- perpend
- pettifog
- pick a bone
- pipe-dream
- ponder
- pour it on
- predominate
- preponderate
- prevail
- propose
- prove
- psych out
- purpose
- push around
- push the buttons
- pushing around
- put down
- put on thinking cap
- put up argument
- put-down
- quarrel
- quell
- question
- quibble
- quinine
- rack brains
- read
- read between lines
- reason
- rebut
- reduce
- reel back in
- reflect
- reflect upon
- refute
- rehash
- reign
- reproach
- resolve
- review
- revilement
- revolve
- ride
- rip
- roll
- rough up
- roughhouse
- rule
- rule over
- rule the roost
- ruminate
- run it up flagpole
- run the show
- run things
- run up a flagpole
- sail
- saunter
- scattered
- scheme
- scolding
- scrutinize
- scud
- set to
- shake up
- signifying
- size up
- skim
- slander
- slide
- someplace
- someplace or another
- someplace or other
- somewheres
- sort out
- speculate
- spell out
- squabble
- stew over
- stray
- stroll
- study
- subdue
- suppose
- suppress
- surmise
- suspect
- swagger
- swearing
- sweat over
- take in
- take on
- talk back
- talk game
- talk over
- tame
- tend
- test
- think of
- think through
- thrash out
- threaten
- throw weight around
- tirade
- toss around
- total
- trash
- triumph
- turn over
- tyrannize
- upbraiding
- vanquish
- vilification
- vituperation
- waft
- wander
- wash
- wax
- weigh
- wonder
- wound
- wrangle
- wrong
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