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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

kick around en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. An informal game of football, rugby or similar sports.

Forms

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kickaround alternative lexicographic
kick arounds Number=Plur lexicographic

Translations (1)

fi pallottelu (informal game)

kick around en · VERB

Meanings

  1. To abuse or mistreat; to bully; to be rough with.
    • I leave you gentlemen now, and you will write it. You will interpret. That’s your right. But as I leave you I want you to know—just think how much you’re going to be missing. You won’t have Nixon to kick around anymore, because gentlemen, this is my last press conference, and it will be the one in which I have welcomed the opportunity to test wits with you. […] 1962 November 7, Richard Nixon, “Richard Nixon's November 1962 Press Conference”, in Richard Nixon Foundation:
    • Don't be afraid to kick it around a little. It is sturdy.
  2. (continuative, present, usually) To wander loose; to float around; to hang around; to exist; to remain unexploited or unused.
    • Is this your pen I found kicking around in my drawer?
    • Kicking around on a piece of ground in your hometown 1973 March 1, Roger Waters, “Time”, in The Dark Side of the Moon, performed by Pink Floyd:
  3. (of an idea or proposal) To discuss informally; to consider or distribute.
    • to kick around ideas
    • They kicked around some ideas for doing their own thing, like moonlighting as music video producers, but they never followed through. 2023 October 19, Brendan I. Koerner, “Watch This Guy Work, and You’ll Finally Understand the TikTok Era”, in Wired, →ISSN:

Forms

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kicked around Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
kicked around Tense=Past lexicographic
kicking around Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
kick-around alternative lexicographic

Translations (3)

fr trainer (to wander loose) · fi pyöriä (to wander loose) · fi murjoa (to mistreat)