英语词汇“kicks around”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

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as in debates

to give serious and careful thought to the board spent the afternoon kicking around the feasibility of opening an overseas office

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debates
contemplates
studies
entertains
ponders
perpends
considers
questions
chews over
eyes
looks at
chews on
weighs
explores
reviews
cogitates
analyzes
wrestles (with)
mulls (over)
ruminates
meditates
deliberates
thinks (about or over)
revolves
cudgels one's brains (about)
beats one's brains out (about)
pores (over)
turns
digests
reasons
reminisces
reflects (on or upon)
muses (upon)
believes
obsesses (about or over)
broods (about or over)
concludes
frets (about or over)
fixates (on or upon)
speculates (about)
dwells (on or upon)
opines
absorbs
conceives
drinks (in)
assimilates
second-guesses

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

ignores
disregards
overlooks
rejects
dismisses
slights
poohs
pooh-poohs

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as in fools around

to spend time in aimless activity I really can't do much but kick around at work until I get the rest of the submissions

Synonyms & Similar Words

fools around
plays
fribbles
hangs about
messes around
goofs (around)
fiddles (around)
doodles
potters (around)
putters (around)
trifles
monkeys (around)
horses around
lounges
dillydallies
hangs (around or out)
loafs
idles
dawdles
clowns (around)
tinkers
lolls
diddles (with)
dallies

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

sets (to)
settles (down)
buckles (down)
knuckles down

3

as in kicks back

to spend time doing nothing spent the afternoon kicking around, while his wife bought out the mall

Synonyms & Similar Words

kicks back
kills time
hangs about
lounges
bums
lazies
chills
plays
rests
hacks (around)
lazes
goofs (off)
hangs (around or out)
footles
veges out
twiddles one's thumbs
strolls
dillydallies
loafs
drones
relaxes
dawdles
idles
pokes
vegges out
messes
mucks
estivates
monkeys
lingers
lolls
fiddles (around)
dallies
fools
potters (around)
putters (around)
aestivates
hibernates
lags
goldbricks
trifles
piddles
loiters
saunters
dozes
swans
ambles
moseys
truants
furloughs
malingers
tarries

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

works
slaves
buckles (down)
plows
labors
toils
pegs
plugs
grinds
hustles
humps
plods
sweats
applies
moils
grubs
travails
puts out
drudges
exerts

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as in roams

to move about from place to place aimlessly after spending a year in Europe kicking around, the backpacker was ready to return home

Synonyms & Similar Words

roams
wanders
drifts
galavants
knocks (about)
strolls
cruises
floats
maunders
ranges
gads (about)
traipses
meanders
roves
bats
rambles
gallivants
mooches
saunters
ambles
gypsies
mills (about or around)
vagabonds
dawdles
hobos
straggles
mopes
strays
tramps

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as in abuses

to inflict physical or emotional harm upon children who were raised by an alcoholic father who regularly kicked them around

Synonyms & Similar Words

abuses
bullies
takes apart
messes over
ill-treats
tortures
violates
ill-uses
hurts
injures
misuses
oppresses
mistreats
manhandles
brutalizes
maltreats
persecutes
mishandles
outrages
torments
harms
harasses
works (over)
molests
wrongs
beats (up)
victimizes
sandbags
burns
roughs (up)
messes (up)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

cares (for)
fosters
caters (to)
cherishes
nurtures
babies
favors
indulges
spoils
gratifies
pampers
humors
mollycoddles
coddles

单词	kicks around
释义	kick around verb kicked around; kicking around; kicks around intransitive verb 1 : to wander or pass time aimlessly 2 a : to lie about mostly unnoticed or forgotten b : to undergo consideration usually intermittently over a period of time ideas that have been kicking around for years transitive verb 1 : to treat in an inconsiderate or high-handed fashion 2 : to consider, examine, or discuss from various angles Synonyms chew over cogitate consider contemplate debate deliberate entertain eye meditate mull (over) perpend ponder pore (over) question revolve ruminate study think (about or over) turn weigh wrestle (with) See all Synonyms & Antonyms Example Sentences the board spent the afternoon kicking around the feasibility of opening an overseas office I really can't do much but kick around at work until I get the rest of the submissions. Recent Examples on the Web Earlier this week, Sterling joined her mom at a KC Current practice, where Brittany brought her daughter onto the field to kick around a soccer ball. Georgia Slater, Peoplemag, 29 Aug. 2022 For the latter occasion, Kate wore a flowy midi dress from L.K. Bennett with a pair of lace-up espadrille wedges to kick around a soccer ball. Alex Warner, PEOPLE.com, 28 June 2022 Watch these adorable little goats bounce and kick around! Alexandra Meeks, CNN, 17 May 2022 Notice how all of the elements now appear to float in 3D space, particularly that basketball (which players can kick around). Kyle Orland, Ars Technica, 28 Feb. 2022 Notice how all of the elements now appear to float in 3D space, particularly that basketball (which players can kick around). Kyle Orland, Ars Technica, 28 Feb. 2022 Notice how all of the elements now appear to float in 3D space, particularly that basketball (which players can kick around). Kyle Orland, Ars Technica, 28 Feb. 2022 Her impact stretches from Canada to Portland to all corners of the globe where young girls kick around a soccer ball. oregonlive, 8 Apr. 2022 Notice how all of the elements now appear to float in 3D space, particularly that basketball (which players can kick around). Kyle Orland, Ars Technica, 28 Feb. 2022 See More Word History First Known Use 1839, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1 kicks around verb present tense third-person singular of kick around 1 as in debates to give serious and careful thought to the board spent the afternoon kicking around the feasibility of opening an overseas office Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance debates contemplates studies entertains ponders perpends considers questions chews over eyes looks at chews on weighs explores reviews cogitates analyzes wrestles (with) mulls (over) ruminates meditates deliberates thinks (about or over) revolves cudgels one's brains (about) beats one's brains out (about) pores (over) turns digests reasons reminisces reflects (on or upon) muses (upon) believes obsesses (about or over) broods (about or over) concludes frets (about or over) fixates (on or upon) speculates (about) dwells (on or upon) opines absorbs conceives drinks (in) assimilates second-guesses Antonyms & Near Antonyms ignores disregards overlooks rejects dismisses slights poohs pooh-poohs See More 2 as in fools around to spend time in aimless activity I really can't do much but kick around at work until I get the rest of the submissions Synonyms & Similar Words fools around plays fribbles hangs about messes around goofs (around) fiddles (around) doodles potters (around) putters (around) trifles monkeys (around) horses around lounges dillydallies hangs (around or out) loafs idles dawdles clowns (around) tinkers lolls diddles (with) dallies Antonyms & Near Antonyms sets (to) settles (down) buckles (down) knuckles down 3 as in kicks back to spend time doing nothing spent the afternoon kicking around, while his wife bought out the mall Synonyms & Similar Words kicks back kills time hangs about lounges bums lazies chills plays rests hacks (around) lazes goofs (off) hangs (around or out) footles veges out twiddles one's thumbs strolls dillydallies loafs drones relaxes dawdles idles pokes vegges out messes mucks estivates monkeys lingers lolls fiddles (around) dallies fools potters (around) putters (around) aestivates hibernates lags goldbricks trifles piddles loiters saunters dozes swans ambles moseys truants furloughs malingers tarries Antonyms & Near Antonyms works slaves buckles (down) plows labors toils pegs plugs grinds hustles humps plods sweats applies moils grubs travails puts out drudges exerts See More 4 as in roams to move about from place to place aimlessly after spending a year in Europe kicking around, the backpacker was ready to return home Synonyms & Similar Words roams wanders drifts galavants knocks (about) strolls cruises floats maunders ranges gads (about) traipses meanders roves bats rambles gallivants mooches saunters ambles gypsies mills (about or around) vagabonds dawdles hobos straggles mopes strays tramps 5 as in abuses to inflict physical or emotional harm upon children who were raised by an alcoholic father who regularly kicked them around Synonyms & Similar Words abuses bullies takes apart messes over ill-treats tortures violates ill-uses hurts injures misuses oppresses mistreats manhandles brutalizes maltreats persecutes mishandles outrages torments harms harasses works (over) molests wrongs beats (up) victimizes sandbags burns roughs (up) messes (up) Antonyms & Near Antonyms cares (for) fosters caters (to) cherishes nurtures babies favors indulges spoils gratifies pampers humors mollycoddles coddles See More
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