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kick the bucket Definition


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bucket
noun
    1. A round open-topped container for holding or carrying liquids and solids such as sand, etc.
      Thesaurus: pail, basin, can, cask, pan, pitcher, barrel, vessel, bail.
    2. A bucketful. See also weep, etc buckets below.
      Example: need about two buckets of water
    3. colloq
      A rubbish-bin or wastepaper basket.
    (Austral)
    4. colloq
      An icecream tub.
    5. computing.
      A subdivision of a data file, used to locate data.
    6. The scoop of a dredging machine.
verb bucketed, bucketing
    colloq:
    intr
    1. Said of rain: to pour down heavily.
      Form: bucket down (also)
    now usually intr
    2. To drive or ride very hard or bumpily.
      Example: bucketing down the hill
      Form: bucket along (especially)
      Form: bucket down
    3. To put, lift or carry something in a bucket.
Idiom: kick the bucket
Idiom: rain buckets (weep etc buckets)
    To rain or weep, etc long, hard and continuously.
Etymology: 13c: related to Anglo-French buket a pail, and Anglo-Saxon buc a pitcher.




kick
verb kicked, kicking
    1. To hit with the foot.
      Example: The pony kicked the groom
      Thesaurus: boot, punt, dropkick.
    2. To propel something with the foot.
      Example: kicks the ball
    intr
    3. To strike out or thrust with one or both feet, eg when swimming, fighting, struggling, etc.
    tr & intr
    4. Especially in dancing: to jerk (the leg) vigorously or swing it high.
    intr
    5. Said of a gun, etc: to recoil when fired.
    intr
    6. To resist it; to show opposition.
      Example: kick against discipline
      Form: kick against something (sometimes)
    7. To get rid of (a habit, etc).
      Thesaurus: give up, abandon, break, desist from, drop, leave, quit, spurn, stop, forsake.
    8. rugby.
      To score (a drop goal) or make (a conversion) by kicking the ball between the posts.
    intr
    9. athletics.
      To put on an extra spurt.
      Example: She kicked 200 metres from the finish
noun
    1. A blow or fling with the foot.
      Thesaurus: boot, blow, punt.
    2. dancing, gymnastics, etc.
      : a swing of the leg.
      Example: high kicks
    3. swimming.
      Any of various leg movements.
    4. The recoil of a gun, etc after firing.
    5. colloq
      A thrill of excitement.
      Example: He gets a kick out of watching his son race
      Thesaurus: joy, refreshment, enjoyment, fun, gratification, pleasure, stimulation, thrill, buzz (slang).
    6. Power; pungency.
    7. colloq
      The powerful effect of certain drugs or strong drink, which is sometimes felt quite suddenly or unexpectedly.
      Example: That fruit punch has quite a kick
    8. athletics.
      An extra spurt of speed; a sudden acceleration.
    9. colloq
      A brief enthusiasm.
      Example: We're on a culture kick
Derivative: kicker
    Someone or something that kicks
      Example: Watch out, that horse is a kicker!
    A player whose function is to take kicks, especially set-piece shots.
Idiom: alive and kicking
Idiom: for kicks
    For thrills.
Idiom: kick ass
    To act in a forceful or domineering way.
    To have power or influence.
Idiom: kick in the teeth
    colloq
    A humiliating snub.
Idiom: kick oneself
    To reproach oneself.
      Example: I could have kicked myself for being so tactless
Idiom: kick over the traces
    To throw off control.
Idiom: kick someone in the teeth
    colloq
    To inflict a snub on them.
Idiom: kick some-one up-stairs
    colloq
    To promote them to a position of higher rank but less influence.
Idiom: kick the bucket
    colloq
    To die.
      Thesaurus: expire, pass away, die, croak (slang).
Idiom: kick up a fuss (kick up a row, kick up a stink)
    colloq
    To complain or disapprove strongly and vociferously.
Etymology: 14c as kiken.

Phrasal Verb: kick about or around
    To lie around unused and neglected.
      Example: The old set's kicking around in the attic
    To be idle; to go about aimlessly.
      Example: kicking about with his mates
Phrasal Verb: kick someone about or around
    To treat them badly or roughly.
Phrasal Verb: kick something about or around
    To discuss (an idea, etc) informally among several people.
Phrasal Verb: kick in
    To take effect.
      Example: as the effects of the pay freeze kick in commitment decreases
Phrasal Verb: kick off
    To start, or restart, a football game by kicking the ball away from the centre.To begin a discussion or other activity involving several people.
Phrasal Verb: kick something off
    To begin (a discussion, etc).
Phrasal Verb: kick someone or something out
    To dismiss or get rid of them or it, especially using force.


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