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kicking

/ˈkɪkɪŋ/ adjective C2
  1. Terrific, great (of clothes) smart, fashionable. (slang) · a kicking pair of jeans· a kicking party
  2. Alive, active (especially in the phrase alive and kicking). (slang) · still kicking at 89 years old
  3. Actively ongoing and enjoyable. (slang)
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Mowgli had been trying to make himself heard by pulling at Bagheera’s shoulder fur and kicking hard.
The Jungle Book, p. 33 · B2
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!
The Jungle Book, p. 53 · B2
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.
The Jungle Book, p. 64 · B2
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.
Three Hundred Aesop's Fables, p. 18 · B2

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