📖 Definitions of "Kick around"
noun
- 1
An informal game of football, rugby or similar sports.
verb
- 1
To abuse or mistreat; to bully; to be rough with.
"Don't be afraid to kick it around a little. It is sturdy."
- 2
(usually in the present continuous) To wander loose; to float around; to hang around.
"Is this your pen I found kicking around in my drawer?"
- 3
(of an idea or proposal) To be discussed informally; to be considered.
"We've been kicking around your idea."
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Kick around"
Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| knock aboutverb | (intransitive) To move or roam around aimlessly. |
| bandynoun | (transitive) To give and receive reciprocally; to exchange. |
| kick aboutverb | Synonym of kick around. |
| kickaboutnoun | An informal amateur game of football/soccer. |
| knockaboutnoun | Clothing suitable for rough use. |
| kickaroundnoun | An impromptu soccer game without strict adherence to the rules. |
| puntaboutnoun | A practice-session in rugby in which the ball is kicked between players. |
| touch footynoun | (Australia, informal) touch football |
| footbrawlnoun | (informal) The sport of football when regarded as violent. |
| pick-up gamenoun | (sports) An impromptu game that is spontaneously started by a group of players. |
| ruggernoun | (uncountable) rugby |
| rugbynoun | (usually uncountable, sports) A form of football in which players can hold or kick an ovoid ball; rugby football. The ball cannot be handled forwards and points are scored by touching the ball to the ground in the area past the opponent's territory or by kicking the ball between goalposts and over a crossbar. |
| rucknoun | A throng or crowd of people or things; a mass, a pack. |
| rugby bootnoun | A shoe with rounded studs, used to play sports on soft ground. |
| kick-to-kicknoun | (Australian rules football) An activity in which two or more people kick a football between each other. |
| rondonoun | (music, countable) A musical composition, commonly of a lively, cheerful character, in which the first strain recurs after each of the other strains. |
| kick to kicknoun | Alternative form of kick-to-kick. [(Australian rules football) An activity in which two or more people kick a football between each other.] |
| mini rugbynoun | A simplified form of rugby, with a smaller ball and pitch, designed to introduce the sport to children. |
| kickballnoun | (sports, uncountable) A sport similar to baseball, where a ball similar to a soccer ball, is pitched at a kicker, and is kicked rather than hit. |
| knock-onnoun | (chiefly UK) Resulting as an indirect effect. |
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