Past tense of kick
regular verb
The past tense of kick is kicked. The past participle is also kicked.
Forms of kick
| Base form (V1) | kick /kɪk/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | kicked /kɪkt/ |
| Past participle (V3) | kicked /kɪkt/ |
| Present participle | kicking /ˈkɪkɪŋ/ |
| Third person singular | kicks /kɪks/ |
Kicked in a sentence
- Will Henderson, who had on a light overcoat and no overshoes, kicked the heel of his left foot with the toe of the right.1919, Sherwood Anderson, “The Teacher: concerning Kate Swift”, in Winesburg, Ohio
- Sometimes he can kick the ball forward along the ground until it is kicked in goal, where he can fall on it for a touchdown.1905, Fielding H. Yost, chapter 7, in Football for Player and Spectator
- He got the ball, and kicked it straight out into touch.From the entry touch
- The man kicked his friend out of the house after he made a pass at his wife.From the entry pass
- The washer was working fine until it kicked off in the middle of a cycle.From the entry kick off
Meaning of kick
- verb To strike or hit with the foot or other extremity of the leg.
- verb To make a sharp jerking movement of the leg, as to strike something.
- verb To direct to a particular place by a blow with the foot or leg.
Questions about the past tense of kick
- What is the past tense of kick?
- The past tense of kick is kicked.
- What is the past participle of kick?
- The past participle of kick is kicked.
- Is kick a regular or irregular verb?
- Kick is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: kick (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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