Read full poem →the road, parked near a wire fence and we sat there, listening. Then my
father kicked the door open and got out.
Dictionary Entry
To strike or hit with the foot or other extremity of the leg.
In a Sentence
“Did you kick your brother?”
Origin
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Common Phrases
off kicked
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Poetry examples for “kicked”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →batter the crowd sprawls collapses
singing knocked down trampled the kicked by
flics rush(the
Read full poem →clutch(and then somehow got into reverse she
kicked what
the hell)next
Read full poem →a gigantic cameleopard, and endeavoring to obtain a kiss of the
animal’s hoofs. See! the beast has very justly kicked one of the
rabble over—and another—and another—and another. Indeed, I cannot
Read full poem →"'Sit by the fire,' I kicked the logs up,
'What brings you here?--I would be told.'
Read full poem →And sobbed and cursed and kicked the stairs,
That now, domestic as a plate,
Read full poem →Again she received no answer. So she kicked the tar
wolf, and her foot was caught fast in the tar.
Read full poem →And then they loose them all and set them on.
He falls as dead and kicked by boys and men,
Then starts and grins and drives the crowd agen;
Read full poem →But he jest kep' a-hittin' me.
An' I hit back an' kicked an' pawed,
But 't seemed 't was mostly air I clawed,