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kick-arse

kick-arse is the alternative spelling of kick-ass.

Meaning of kick-ass

Adjective

kick-ass (not comparable)

  1. (slang, vulgar) Rough, aggressive; powerful and successful.
  2. (slang, vulgar) Excellent, first-class.
    • I guess it helped that they were one of the few bands with an environmental sensibility but, more importantly, they played some kick-arse rock'n'roll.2005, Sean Dooley, The Big Twitch, Sydney: Allen and Unwin, page 276

Questions about kick-arse

What is kick-arse the alternative spelling of?
Kick-arse is the alternative spelling of kick-ass.

Words near kick-arse in the dictionary

  1. kick waxes
  2. kick wheel
  3. kick wheels
  4. kick with
  5. kick with the other foot
  6. kick-arse
  7. kick-ass
  8. kick-assery
  9. kick-back
  10. kick-backs
  11. kick-ball

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Adapted from Wiktionary: kick-arse (page history and authors); kick-ass (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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