kicking
/ˈkɪkɪŋ/ noun A2- The action of the verb to kick. · In boxing, kicking one's opponent is not allowed.
- A violent assault involving repeated kicks. · The bullies pushed the boy over and gave him a kicking.
- A great loss or defeat; licking.
- A performance art that is a mix of dance footwork, acrobatic maneuver, and martial arts kicks, drawn from a variety of disciplines. Used in stage dance choreography and staged fight choreography.
Plural kickings
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Mowgli had been trying to make himself heard by pulling at Bagheera’s shoulder fur and kicking hard.
There was a howl of fright and rage, and then as Bagheera tripped on the rolling kicking bodies beneath him, a monkey shouted: “There is only one here!
One day, a high summer flood washed him out of the burrow where he lived with his father and mother, and carried him, kicking and clucking, down a roadside ditch.
He often lamented his own hard fate and contrasted it with the luxury and idleness of the Lapdog, till at last one day he broke his cords and halter, and galloped into his master’s house, kicking up his heels without measure, and frisking and fawning as well as he could.
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