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# kick

«kick» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **To hit something with your foot** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (kick, kicks, kicked, kicking; kick off, kick out); noun (a kick, kicks)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To hit something with your foot. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/K/kick/#m1)

2) Of a person or animal: to move the legs strongly: babies kick, horses kick. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/K/kick/#m2)

3) A noun: a hit with the foot: a free kick, a penalty kick. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/K/kick/#m3)

4) Kick off: to start a football match, or to start anything. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/K/kick/#m4)

5) Informal: a feeling of fun or excitement: «I get a kick out of it». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/K/kick/#m5)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In the Torah it describes Jeshurun, a poetic name for Israel, who grew fat and turned against God like a pampered animal. Interpretation: Commentators read it as a warning that comfort and plenty can make people forget God. Jeshurun is a loving name for Israel, meaning the upright one. In the primary lessons: In sport: kick the ball, free kick, penalty kick, corner kick; kick-off starts a match. In behaviour: kicking people is hurting — never okay. In safety: horses can kick if you stand behind them. In swimming: kick your legs. Phrases: kick the ball, free kick, kick-off, kick out, kick the habit, kick up a fuss, get a kick out of.

### examples

- But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked — thou didst wax fat, thou didst grow thick, thou didst become gross — and he forsook God who made him, and contemned the Rock of his salvation. (Torah DEU.32.15, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/K/kick/#x1)
- Wherefore kick ye at My sacrifice and at Mine offering, which I have commanded in My habitation; and honourest thy sons above Me, to make yourselves fat with the chiefest of all the offerings of Israel My people? (Prophets 1SA.2.29, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/K/kick/#x2)
- Kick the ball to me! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/K/kick/#x3)
- The match kicks off at three. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/K/kick/#x4)
- He scored with a free kick. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/K/kick/#x5)
- Don't stand behind a horse — it might kick. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/K/kick/#x6)
- Kick your legs when you swim. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/K/kick/#x7)
- It's not okay to kick people. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/K/kick/#x8)
- The baby kicked its feet. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/K/kick/#x9)
- She kicked up a fuss about her dinner. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/K/kick/#x10)
- It made Peter kick instead of stab. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/K/kick/#x11)

### note

Regular verb: kicked. «Kick-off» (noun) has a hyphen; «kick off» (verb) does not. Kicking is hurting even if it is «just a game».

### In the corpora

- [Hopak is a lively Ukrainian folk dance with big jumps and squat-kicks, linked to Cossack traditions.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/29-dance-from-tiktok-dances-to-ballet/14/)
- [Zebras defend themselves with powerful kicks and bites that can badly injure a lion, and they have never been tamed like horses.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/25-horses-zebras-and-donkeys/13/)
- [An ostrich in danger runs at up to about seventy kilometres an hour or kicks hard.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/213-ducks-geese-and-farm-myths/14/)
- [Kick through a pile of yellow and red leaves and you are walking on a tree's old solar panels.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/335-the-garden-in-autumn-colours-conkers-webs-and-buried-nuts/1/)
- [In autumn you kick through piles of yellow, orange and red leaves.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/chemistry/28-colour-in-nature/0/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «kick» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/K/kick/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.