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kicking out

kicking out is the present participle and gerund of kick out.

Meaning of kick out

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic, transitive) To eject, dismiss, expel, or forcefully remove (someone or something).
    • They will kick out a disruptive patron.
    Synonyms:
    boot out
  2. (idiomatic, intransitive) To stop, stall, or disconnect suddenly.
    • I was driving and the motor just kicked out.
  3. To perform a kickout.
  4. (US, slang) To improvise music.

Questions about kicking out

What is kicking out the present participle and gerund of?
Kicking out is the present participle and gerund of kick out.

Words near kicking out in the dictionary

  1. kicking loose
  2. kicking off
  3. kicking on
  4. kicking one's feet up
  5. kicking one's heels
  6. kicking out
  7. kicking out the jams
  8. kicking over
  9. kicking rocks
  10. kicking shit
  11. kicking some tail

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Adapted from Wiktionary: kicking out (page history and authors); kick out (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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