kicks

• action
• activity
• ado
• adventure
• agitation
• ambrosias
• amusement
• amusements
• animation
• arguments
• arousals
• balks
• bang
• bangs
• bashings
• batterings
• beefs
• bellyaches
• bemoans
• bewails
• bitches
• blast
• bleats
• bliss
• blows
• blubbers
• boots
• bother
• buffets
• bumps
• buoyancy
• buzz
• buzzes
• carps
• caterwauls
• cavils
• censures
• challenges
• charge
• charges
• cheer
• cheerfulness
• circus
• cloud nine
• collisions
• comfort
• comforts
• commotion
• complains
• complaints
• compunctions
• concussions
• conflicts
• confusion
• contacts
• contentment
• convulsions
• crabs
• crashes
• cries
• criticisms
• criticizes
• croaks
• dares
• debates
• defiances
• defies
• delectation
• delectations
• delight
• delights
• demonstrates
• demurrals
• demurrers
• demurs
• denounces
• deplores
• difficulties
• discomposure
• disobediences
• disobeys
• disputes
• dissents
• distrust
• disturbance
• dither
• diversion
• diversions
• doubts
• drama
• dubieties
• dubitations
• ease
• ecstasy
• elation
• electrifications
• emotion
• encounters
• enjoyment
• enjoyments
• entertainment
• entertainments
• enthusiasm
• euphoria
• exaltation
• exceptions
• excepts
• excitation
• excitement
• exhilaration
• exhilarations
• expostulates
• expostulations
• exultation
• feasts
• feeling
• felicity
• ferment
• festivity
• fever
• fights
• fireworks
• flash
• flurry
• flush
• frenzy
• frets
• frissons
• frivolity
• frolic
• fruition
• fulfillment
• fun
• furor
• fuss
• fusses
• gags
• gaiety
• game
• gases
• gasses
• gladness
• glee
• gluttony
• good feeling
• gratification
• gratifications
• gripes
• grizzles
• grouches
• grouses
• growls
• grumbles
• grumps
• gusto
• happiness
• hassles
• heat
• high
• high spirits
• highs
• hilarity
• hit
• hits
• hobby
• hollers
• hubbub
• hullabaloo
• hurry
• hysteria
• hysterics
• impacts
• impingements
• impulse
• incertitudes
• indeterminations
• indulgence
• indulgences
• inspiration
• instigation
• intoxication
• intoxications
• inveighs
• jars
• jocularity
• jocundity
• joie de vivre
• jollies
• jollity
• jolts
• jounces
• joviality
• joy
• joyfulness
• joyousness
• joyride
• joys
• jubilation
• keens
• kick
• kicks up a fuss
• kicks up a stink
• knocks
• kvetches
• laments
• laughs
• laughter
• levity
• lickings
• lift
• lifts
• lightheartedness
• luxury
• mannas
• maunders
• meetings
• melodrama
• merriment
• merrymaking
• misdoubts
• misgivings
• mistrust
• misunderstandings
• moans
• motivation
• motive
• movement
• murmurs
• mutters
• nags
• niggles
• objections
• objects
• passion
• perturbation
• pleasure
• pleasures
• primrose path
• protests
• provocation
• punches
• qualms
• quarrels
• questions
• quibbles
• rage
• raps
• rapture
• rebellions
• rebels
• recompense
• recreation
• recreations
• refreshment
• regalement
• rejoicing
• reliefs
• relish
• reluctances
• remonstrances
• repines
• reservations
• response
• revelry
• reward
• rushes
• satisfaction
• screams
• scruples
• seasoning
• self-indulgence
• sensation
• shocks
• skepticism
• slams
• slaps
• smashes
• sobs
• solace
• solaces
• spice
• sport
• squabbles
• squawks
• squeals
• statics
• stews
• sticks
• stimulation
• stimulus
• stinks
• stir
• strikes
• sure shock
• surprises
• surprizes
• suspicions
• takes exception
• takes issue
• thrashings
• thrill
• thrills
• thumps
• tingle
• titillation
• titillations
• to-do
• touches
• transport
• treats
• trepidation
• triumph
• tumult
• turmoil
• turnon
• twitter
• uncertainties
• up
• upper
• urge
• velvet
• wails
• wallop
• wallops
• warmth
• whimpers
• whines
• whinges
• whoopee
• wildness
• withstands
• worries
• wrangles
• yammers
• yaups
• yawps
• yowls
• zest

• accedes
• acceptances
• accepts
• acquiescences
• acquiesces
• adheres
• advocates
• agreements
• agrees
• apathy
• applauds
• approvals
• approves
• assents
• bears
• blandness
• blues
• boredom
• calm
• calmness
• cessation
• champions
• cheers
• chore
• commends
• compliances
• complies
• conforms
• countenances
• crows
• defends
• delights
• depression
• despair
• disappointment
• discontent
• discouragement
• dislike
• displeasure
• dissatisfaction
• distress
• dullness
• endures
• failure
• follows
• frigidity
• gloom
• happiness
• hate
• hatred
• hindrance
• idleness
• inaction
• inactivity
• inertia
• labor
• lull
• maintains
• melancholy
• minds
• misery
• need
• obediences
• obeys
• observes
• order
• pain
• peace
• quiet
• rejoices
• rest
• sadness
• sanctions
• seriousness
• sorrow
• stillness
• stoppage
• supports
• sustains
• takes
• task
• tolerates
• trouble
• unhappiness
• upholds
• upset
• want
• woe
• work
• worry

• noun
  1. A hit or strike with the leg, foot or knee.
  2. The action of swinging a foot or leg.
  3. Something that tickles the fancy; something fun or amusing.
  4. The removal of a person from an online activity.
  5. Any bucking motion of an object that lacks legs or feet.
  6. Piquancy.
  7. A stimulation provided by an intoxicating substance.
  8. A pass played by kicking with the foot.
  9. The distance traveled by kicking the ball.
  10. A recoil of a gun.
  11. Pocket.
  12. An increase in speed in the final part of a running race.
  13. One who kicks.
  14. One who takes kicks.
  15. The kicking strap.
  16. An outboard motor.
  17. An unexpected situation, detail or circumstance, often unpleasant.
  18. An enticement for investors, e.g. warranty added to the investment contract.
  19. An unpaired card which is part of a pair, two pair, or three of a kind poker hand.
  20. Small text above a headline that indicates the topic of the story.
  21. The last one or two paragraphs of a story.
  22. A lighthearted or humorous item used to round off a news broadcast.
  23. A device that periodically displaces a newspaper from the print production line, to aid in gathering the newspapers into fixed-size bundles.
  24. A launch ramp.
  25. The fermenting mass of fruit that is the basis of pruno, or "prison wine".
  26. A relaxed party.
  27. A backlight positioned at an angle.
  28. A particular type of Texan who is associated with country/western attire, attitudes and/or philosophy.
  29. Pleasures, thrills.
  30. Shoes.
  31. An introduction; something that leads into the beginning of something.
  32. A region of data at the beginning of a compact disc, holding the table of contents.
  33. A short phrase that begins the caption of a photograph.
• verb
  1. To strike or hit with the foot or other extremity of the leg.
  2. To make a sharp jerking movement of the leg, as to strike something.
  3. To direct to a particular place by a blow with the foot or leg.
  4. (with "off" or "out") To eject summarily.
  5. To forcibly remove a participant from an online activity.
  6. To overcome (a bothersome or difficult issue or obstacle); to free oneself of (a problem).
  7. To move or push suddenly and violently.
  8. (of a firearm) To recoil; to push by recoiling.
  9. To attack (a piece) in order to force it to move.
  10. To accelerate quickly with a few pedal strokes in an effort to break away from other riders.
  11. To show opposition or resistance.
  12. To work a press by impact of the foot on a treadle.
  13. To die.

• She gets her kicks from extreme sports like skydiving and bungee jumping.
• His new job offers him the kicks he was missing in his previous mundane office position.
• The thrill-seeker always seeks out new adventures to get his kicks.
• The comedian's jokes never fail to deliver the kicks, leaving the audience in stitches.
• For some, watching horror movies provides the adrenaline kicks they crave.

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