kickable
/ˈkɪkəbəl/
kickable adjective: capable or deserving of being kicked.
Adjective
kickable (comparative more kickable, superlative most kickable)
- Capable or deserving of being kicked.
- The home side were showing adventure, running from deep in their own half and booting a kickable penalty to touch.
- I look at her as the very gizzard of a trifle, […] fitter to be kickt, if ſhee vvere of a kickable ſubſtance, than either honoured or humoured.1647, Theodore de la Guard [pseudonym; Nathaniel Ward], The Simple Cobler of Aggawam in America. […], London: […] J[ohn] D[ever] & R[obert] I[bbitson] for Stephen Bowtell, […], →OCLC, pages 24–25
- Incurring kicking.
- Insolence of office is pre-eminently kickable. Who ever went into a public office, and was treated, as he is very apt to be, with the most offensive hauteur by some saucy, well-paid official, without feeling the desire to kick him rising strong within him? […] Petty tyranny is also eminently...1842, Alexander Campbell, “Kickable People”, in Sketches of Life and Character, page 11
- The first serious outbreak and renewal of hostilites ^([sic]) occurred when Dolly—who was now out of the doctor's hands—one morning sent his footman off at a moment's notice, for gross impertinence of the severest kickable kind.1860, Augustus Mayhew, “The Finest Girl in Bloomsbury. A Tale of Ambitious Love. [serial novel, Chapter IX: Mrs. Ickle's Triumph]”, in The Welcome Guest, London: Houlston and Wright, page 464
Examples of kickable in a sentence
- Kickable people are of various descriptions.1842, Alexander Campbell, “Kickable People”, in Sketches of Life and Character, page 10:
- All sorts of kickable objects were used from ancient times until today's inflated ball, with a leather casing between 27 and 28 inches in circumference, was adopted.1950 October, John W. Wood, “The World's favorite Sport”, in Popular Mechanics, volume 94, number 4, Hearst Magazines, →ISSN, page 137:
- The weekend inventor has five U.S. patents and three more pending for inspirations such as a kickable Frisbee, a clothes-ironing mitt and a leak-proof shower curtain.1997, “By The Seat Of His Pants”, in Ski, volume 61, number 7, →ISSN, page 22:
- Insolence of office is pre-eminently kickable.1842, Alexander Campbell, “Kickable People”, in Sketches of Life and Character, page 11:
Forms of kickable
| comparative | more kickable |
|---|---|
| superlative | most kickable |
Origin of kickable
From kick + -able.
Words formed from kickable
Words that rhyme with kickable
- tickable
- clickable
- inextricable
- nickable
- unlickable
- applicable
- brickable
- despicable
- flickable
- lickable
- nonclickable
- nonpickable
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Questions about kickable
- What does kickable mean?
- Kickable means capable or deserving of being kicked.
- How do you use kickable in a sentence?
- Kickable people are of various descriptions.
- What part of speech is kickable?
- Kickable is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce kickable?
- Kickable is pronounced /ˈkɪkəbəl/.
Words near kickable in the dictionary
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