high kickn.

Brit.

/ˈhʌɪ kɪk/,

/hʌɪ ˈkɪk/, U.S.

/ˈhaɪ ˌkɪk/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: high adj., kick n.¹

Etymology: < high adj. + kick n.¹ Compare high-kick v., high-kicker n.

A kick which finishes with the leg raised high, esp. one performed simultaneously by a row of dancers and repeated by raising each leg in turn.

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society > leisure > dancing > movements or steps > [noun] > step > kicking

high kick1848

prisiadka1887

1848 Hogg's Weekly Instructor 15 Jan. 346/1 Dancing may be a very fine art on land, but I never saw it get real downright justice done it except by sailors. Heel and toe, shuffle the buckle, high kick and treble, that's the dandy for Jack.

1877 Chron. (U. of Michigan) 8 Dec. 78/1 The following is a partial record of athletic games during the past Autumn..Standing High-kick.—Williams, 7 ft., 1 in. Union, 7 ft. 1 in.

1898 G. B. Shaw in Sat. Rev. 12 Mar. 356/2 The four beauteous ladies who, though apparently competent dancers, persist in punctuating their evolutions with graceless high kicks.

1914 R. Brooke Let. 3 Sept. (1968) 613 The play was too foolish for words... Not a high-kick or a wriggle or a ragtime song in the whole thing!

1933 P. Godfrey Back-stage xv. 194 Their white-washed legs..are doing energetic high-kicks and splits.

1987 Child & Family Fall 75/1 Tae Kwon-Do concentrates primarily upon footwork, mainly high kicks which develop flexibility, balance and coordination.

2010 Daily Tel. 29 Dec. 20/2 Surely a moment to rank alongside Angela Rippon doing the high-kick on Morecambe and Wise?

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	high kick
释义	high kickn. Brit. /ˈhʌɪ kɪk/, /hʌɪ ˈkɪk/, U.S. /ˈhaɪ ˌkɪk/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: high adj., kick n.¹ Etymology: < high adj. + kick n.¹ Compare high-kick v., high-kicker n. A kick which finishes with the leg raised high, esp. one performed simultaneously by a row of dancers and repeated by raising each leg in turn. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > dancing > movements or steps > [noun] > step > kicking high kick1848 prisiadka1887 1848 Hogg's Weekly Instructor 15 Jan. 346/1 Dancing may be a very fine art on land, but I never saw it get real downright justice done it except by sailors. Heel and toe, shuffle the buckle, high kick and treble, that's the dandy for Jack. 1877 Chron. (U. of Michigan) 8 Dec. 78/1 The following is a partial record of athletic games during the past Autumn..Standing High-kick.—Williams, 7 ft., 1 in. Union, 7 ft. 1 in. 1898 G. B. Shaw in Sat. Rev. 12 Mar. 356/2 The four beauteous ladies who, though apparently competent dancers, persist in punctuating their evolutions with graceless high kicks. 1914 R. Brooke Let. 3 Sept. (1968) 613 The play was too foolish for words... Not a high-kick or a wriggle or a ragtime song in the whole thing! 1933 P. Godfrey Back-stage xv. 194 Their white-washed legs..are doing energetic high-kicks and splits. 1987 Child & Family Fall 75/1 Tae Kwon-Do concentrates primarily upon footwork, mainly high kicks which develop flexibility, balance and coordination. 2010 Daily Tel. 29 Dec. 20/2 Surely a moment to rank alongside Angela Rippon doing the high-kick on Morecambe and Wise? This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1848
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