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kick butt

kick butt verb: to be impressive; to be decisively good or pleasant.

Verb

kick butt (third-person singular simple present kicks butt, present participle kicking butt, simple past and past participle kicked butt)

  1. (idiomatic, slang, stative) To be impressive; to be decisively good or pleasant.
    • I never thought I'd say it, but being the governor of California kicks butt!
    Synonyms:
    rock, rule

Synonyms of kick butt

Forms of kick butt

third-person singular presentkicks butt
present participlekicking butt
past participlekicked butt
pastkicked butt
alternative formkick ass

Questions about kick butt

What does kick butt mean?
Kick butt means to be impressive; to be decisively good or pleasant.
What part of speech is kick butt?
Kick butt is a verb.
What is the past tense of kick butt?
The past tense of kick butt is kicked butt.

Words near kick butt in the dictionary

  1. kick balls
  2. kick boat
  3. kick boats
  4. kick bollocks scramble
  5. kick bollocks scrambles
  6. kick butt
  7. kick down
  8. kick drum
  9. kick drums
  10. kick flip
  11. kick in

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