ADJ
- good, hard, hefty, painful
- corner, free, goal, overhead, penalty, spot (all in football)
- high
- an energetic performer using dance routines and high kicks
VERB + KICK
- give sb/sth
- Give the door a good kick if it won't open
- get, receive
- He had received a painful kick on the knee
PREP
- ~ at
- a kick at goal
- ~ by/from
- a kick from Maynard in the last minute of the game
- ~ in
- a kick in the stomach
- ~ on
- a kick on the ankle
- ~ to
- a kick to the ribs
VERB + KICK
- get
- He gets a real kick out of mending something so that it can be used again
- give sb
- It gave the youngsters a kick to see their own play on television
PREP
- for ~s
- They don't really want the things they steal. They just do it for kicks
ADV
- hard, savagely, vigorously
- Don't kick the ball too hard
- deliberately
- repeatedly
- Foster admitted punching and kicking the man repeatedly
- around
- The boys were kicking a ball around in the yard
PREP
- against
- She could feel the baby kicking against her stomach wall. (figurative) Young people often kick against convention
- at
- She kicked at the loose pebbles by the roadside
- in
- They threw him to the ground and kicked him hard in the stomach
- on
- She kicked me on the knee
PHRASES
- kick a door down/open/shut
- Suddenly the far door was kicked open
- kick sb to death
ADV
- frantically, wildly
- He rolled over in the sand, kicking wildly
PREP
- out at
- The horse kicked out at the yapping dog
PHRASES
- drag sb kicking and screaming
- The police had to drag her kicking and screaming out of the house
- kick your legs/your legs kick
- The little boy was now lying on his back kicking his legs in the air. I was carried upstairs, arms waving and legs kicking