| Library / English Dictionary |
KICK AROUND
| Pronunciation (US): |  | (GB): | |
I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Discuss lightly
Example:
We bandied around these difficult questions
Synonyms:
bandy; kick around
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Hypernyms (to "kick around" is one way to...):
discuss; hash out; talk over (speak with others about (something); talk (something) over in detail; have a discussion)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sense 2
Meaning:
Treat badly; abuse
Example:
They won't have me to kick around any more!
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Hypernyms (to "kick around" is one way to...):
abuse; ill-treat; ill-use; maltreat; mistreat; step (treat badly)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
Sentence example:
They want to kick around the prisoners
Sense 3
Meaning:
Be around; be alive or active
Example:
Does the old man still kick around?
Synonyms:
kick about; kick around; knock about
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Hypernyms (to "kick around" is one way to...):
be; exist (have an existence, be extant)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
