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单词 kicking
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Definition of kicking in English:

kicking

noun ˈkɪkɪŋˈkɪkɪŋ
  • An assault in which the victim is kicked repeatedly.

    they gave him a good kicking
    Example sentencesExamples
    • I sorry but such social deviants cant just squat down anywhere you feel, I may go down there tonight and give them a good kicking.
    • ‘Oh mighty Dwarf,’ Yap began, ‘heroic and delicious Yap has decided to forgive you for all of your hurtful and brutal kickings and abusings.’
    • The working class aren't coming in for a kicking as they are traditionally understood, but rather the poor.
    • AMD, when given the chance to put the boot in, was a little reluctant to give a good kicking.
    • There was no justice about stabbings, beatings with rods and kickings that resulted in one 33-year-old man dying and another being gravely injured, with savage cuts to his neck and body.
    • As these neds were giving him a kicking, he says he never felt more alive and didn't care what happened to him.
    • It might seem like a great idea, but giving them a good kicking really isn't the answer.
    • I have seen victims of brutal assaults where head kicking has taken place.
    • Kids lured into cars and tied up in the boot; suburban kickings on a Saturday night; amateur hitmen hired outside concrete-walled pubs; garage suicides and unwanted gropes.
    • He threatened to give particular employees the kicking of their lives.
    • Anyone who publishes a report trying to pass off damage in a report as ‘damage’ deserves a kicking.
    • Fianna Fail has already assumed the crouch position on ground, and is braced for a sound kicking.
    • These included repeated punchings, kickings, beatings with a baseball bat and truncheon, being urinated on and threatened with a syringe and blowtorch.
    • A few good kickings later I quickly forgot that idea!
    • In its latest round of kickings, the Advertising Standards Authority received complaints about two easynet ads that appeared in the Evening Standard.
    • The military historian delivers the biggest kicking to the traumatologists.
    • People were literally getting serious, serious beating or kickings when they were plasticuffed you're talking broken ribs, punctured lungs sort of thing.
    • The politicians came to mix it with the ordinary voters, and they got a kicking.
    • One man's ‘most respected occult books around’ are another man's old hat ripe for a kicking.
    • Shares in World Online have taken a good kicking since it emerged she flogged loads of hers ahead of the float last month.
adjectiveˈkɪkɪŋˈkɪkɪŋ
informal
  • Lively and exciting.

    their seriously kicking debut, ‘Paradise’
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Well, that was a kicking party…
    • A kicking beat, guitars deftly playing off each other, and a bass line that was pure nous.
    • There's a little bit of Walk Like an Egyptian in there, plus brass stabs, a kicking bassline and a bit played on a Theramin.
    Synonyms
    in fashion, in vogue, voguish, popular, up to date, bang up to date, up to the minute, modern, all the rage, modish, trendsetting
 
 

Definition of kicking in US English:

kicking

nounˈkɪkɪŋˈkikiNG
  • A punishment or assault in which the victim is kicked repeatedly.

    they gave him a good kicking
    Example sentencesExamples
    • ‘Oh mighty Dwarf,’ Yap began, ‘heroic and delicious Yap has decided to forgive you for all of your hurtful and brutal kickings and abusings.’
    • These included repeated punchings, kickings, beatings with a baseball bat and truncheon, being urinated on and threatened with a syringe and blowtorch.
    • One man's ‘most respected occult books around’ are another man's old hat ripe for a kicking.
    • Anyone who publishes a report trying to pass off damage in a report as ‘damage’ deserves a kicking.
    • I sorry but such social deviants cant just squat down anywhere you feel, I may go down there tonight and give them a good kicking.
    • The military historian delivers the biggest kicking to the traumatologists.
    • People were literally getting serious, serious beating or kickings when they were plasticuffed you're talking broken ribs, punctured lungs sort of thing.
    • Kids lured into cars and tied up in the boot; suburban kickings on a Saturday night; amateur hitmen hired outside concrete-walled pubs; garage suicides and unwanted gropes.
    • As these neds were giving him a kicking, he says he never felt more alive and didn't care what happened to him.
    • AMD, when given the chance to put the boot in, was a little reluctant to give a good kicking.
    • I have seen victims of brutal assaults where head kicking has taken place.
    • In its latest round of kickings, the Advertising Standards Authority received complaints about two easynet ads that appeared in the Evening Standard.
    • Fianna Fail has already assumed the crouch position on ground, and is braced for a sound kicking.
    • A few good kickings later I quickly forgot that idea!
    • Shares in World Online have taken a good kicking since it emerged she flogged loads of hers ahead of the float last month.
    • The working class aren't coming in for a kicking as they are traditionally understood, but rather the poor.
    • There was no justice about stabbings, beatings with rods and kickings that resulted in one 33-year-old man dying and another being gravely injured, with savage cuts to his neck and body.
    • He threatened to give particular employees the kicking of their lives.
    • The politicians came to mix it with the ordinary voters, and they got a kicking.
    • It might seem like a great idea, but giving them a good kicking really isn't the answer.
adjectiveˈkɪkɪŋˈkikiNG
informal
  • (especially of music) lively and exciting.

    their seriously kicking debut, “Paradise.”
    Example sentencesExamples
    • There's a little bit of Walk Like an Egyptian in there, plus brass stabs, a kicking bassline and a bit played on a Theramin.
    • A kicking beat, guitars deftly playing off each other, and a bass line that was pure nous.
    • Well, that was a kicking party…
    Synonyms
    in fashion, in vogue, voguish, popular, up to date, bang up to date, up to the minute, modern, all the rage, modish, trendsetting
 
 
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