KICK, KICKER, KICKING
ADJECTIVES
1855 — FUNKY prone to kicking; irritable, easily angered or enraged → Sc.
NOUNS
1300 — SPURN a stroke with the foot; a kick
1581 — YARK — YERK the act of lashing out with the heels, as a horse; a kick; a sudden or abrupt movement, a jerk, a twitch → obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
1609 — PURR a thrust, a poke; a stab. a prick; a kick → obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
1652 — CALCITRATION kicking, lit. and fig.
1686 — TANK a blow, a knock; a kick from a horse → Eng. dial.
1790 — FUNK a blow delivered with the hand or foot; a punch or kick → Sc.
1839 — DRIVE a blow, a punch; a kick → colloq.
1857 — PILE-DRIVER a forceful punch or kick → colloq.
1863 — SPANG a strong kick → Eng. dial.
1871 — WALLOCH a Highland dance; a fling; a kick → Sc.
1888 — PAUSE — PAWSE a kick → Eng. dial.
1893 — FLANKER a blow; a retort; a kick → sl. (Bk.)
1900 — ROOT a kick → sl., chiefly schools’ usage
1905 — TIMBER-KISS a kick with clogs → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1913 — JILLPOKE a kick → Amer. dial. (Bk.)
1920 — SKOP a kick → S. Afr. sl.
1942 — BOOT a kick → colloq.
1955 — SPLITSEY a kicking a person in the testicles while two people hold each leg akimbo → UK playground sl.
1960 — PADDY QUICK a kick → rhyming sl.
1977 — WELLIE — WELLY a kick → Brit. sl.
1996 — TOE INJECTION a boot in the backside to cure someone of malingering or other ills → Amer. dial. (Bk.)
1999 — WOOLLOOMOOLOO UPPERCUT a kick in the groin → Aust. sl. (Bk.)
NOUNS – PERSON
1664 — YERKER a kicker; a flogger
PHRASES
1955 — SPLIT THE KIPPER a kicking a person in the testicles while two people hold each leg akimbo → UK playground sl.
VERBS
1390 — CHULLE to move with the foot, as a football; to kick about, to toss or bandy about → obs.
1400 — SPURN to kick; to strike or thrust with the foot → obs.
1565 — YARK — YERK to lash or strike out with the heels; to kick → obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
1590 — SPUR to strike out with the foot; to kick
1623 — CALCITRATE to kick; to spurn
1647 — BUNCH to kick → Eng. dial.
1781 — TAVE to sprawl with the arms and legs; to kick or fidget with the feet → Eng. dial.
1790 — PAUT — PAWT to push with the foot; to kick lightly → Sc. & Eng. dial.
..19C — RASEN to take off the skin of a person’s legs by striking or kicking them → Eng. dial.
1821 — DANCE — DANCE ON to kick and stomp → US sl.
1825 — SKELP to slap, to beat, to kick → Eng. dial.
1835 — WALLOP to flounder; to tumble over; to kick about; to move heavily; to waddle or bend in walking; to be slatternly → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1841 — PAUSE — PAWSE to kick → Eng. dial.
1847 — PURR to kick → Eng. dial.
1877 — BOOT to kick → colloq.
1889 — SCRIMP to kick violently; to do anything with energy → Sc.
1890 — ROOT to kick → sl., chiefly schools’ usage
1898 — ARSE to kick upon the seat → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1902 — LAY ONE’S CLOGS ABOUT to kick → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1904 — SCAUT to scramble; to slip; to kick, to scratch, to scrape with the feet; to trample the ground → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 — TIP to kick, as in football → Sc. (Bk.)
1916 — PUT IN THE BOOT — PUT THE BOOT IN to kick in a brutal manner → Aust. & NZ sl.
1942 — SINK IN THE BOOT — SINK THE BOOT IN to kick in a brutal manner → Aust. & NZ sl.
1960 — SKOP to kick somebody or something → S. Afr. sl.
1966 — WELLIE — WELLY to kick → Brit. sl.
1970 — HOCK to kick → US sl.
1974 — DO A DANCE ON to kick and stomp → US sl.
1980 — DANCE ON SOMEONE’S FACE to hit or kick in the face → African-American sl.
1980 — DANCE ON SOMEONE’S LIPS to hit or kick in the face → African-American sl.
1980 — RACK to kick in the testicles → UK juvenile sl.
1999 — SINK THE SLIPPER to kick viciously; to attack verbally → Aust. sl. (Bk.)
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