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Meanings of kicking in English

Portuguese
chute
Catalan
puntada
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A physical strike using the foot, leg, or knee.

chute
Usage of kicking in English
1
Their forwards will work hard and they have a good kicking game.
The Irish Times
2
Throwing the punches felt good, kicking out in controlled power even better.
Indivisible
3
The silt his kicking had raised floated away, leaving the water clear.
The Fifth Head of Cerberus
4
Mazer held it a moment longer, then released it, kicking it away.
Earth Afire
5
Nobody is kicking Peter Jackson out of New Zealand any time soon.
The Irish Times
6
Russia advance up the field thanks to opposition ill-discipline and accurate kicking.
The South African
7
The boots, and the kicking, and the general walloping make him manly.
Trumps
8
Imperial nostalgia is alive and kicking in yet another bygone empire: Russia.
The Guardian
9
France found a way back through the kicking game of Thierry Lacroix.
The South African
10
See all the day one pairs ahead of the action kicking off.
News.com.au
11
Reality has a way of kicking us in the balls, doesn't it?
Bangkok 8
12
Whatever befalls you is good luck if you come through it kicking.
Savage
13
Few champions have given adversity quite such a kicking as Justine Hénin-Hardenne.
The Guardian
14
Chairman Charles Tucker said: This is kicking people when they are down.
The Guardian
15
Working on kicking or developing the skill isn't done at county level.
The Irish Times
16
That works all right in the picture: it starts this donkey kicking.
They and I
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Translations for kicking
Portuguese
chute
Catalan
puntada
Kicking through the time
Kicking across language varieties
South Africa
Common
Australia
Common
Ireland
Common
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