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kicky, a.|ˈkɪkɪ|
[f. kick v.1 + -y1.]
1. (See quot. 1808.) Also, clever, lively; provoking, teasing, annoying. Sc.
1790A. Shirrefs Poems 213 Auld Meg hersel' began the play, Clad in a bran-new hudden gray, And in't, I wat, she look'd fu' gay, And spruce and kicky. 1806G. S. in J. Cock Simple Strains 93 Fu' mony a witty touch, and kicky line, Wad won the praise o' langer heads than mine. 1808Jamieson, Kicky. 1. Showy, gaudy... 2. High-minded, aiming at what is above one's station. 1910in Sc. Nat. Dict. (1960) V. 395/1 Isna' that kicky 'at I canna min' fat comes neest.
2. Cricket. Causing the ball to ‘kick’ (see kick v.1 3 b).
1888Steel & Lyttelton Cricket iii. 150 It is a slow easy wicket he has to bat on, and not a ‘caked’, kicky one. 1903Windsor Mag. Sept. 393/2 A very kicky wicket generally averages matters somewhat by supplying one dead shooter.
3. Providing ‘kicks’, exciting, lively. N. Amer. colloq.
1968N.Y. Times 15 Aug. 42 It brought out some kicky styles to preview its new fur boutique. 1969New Yorker 20 Dec. 79 (Advt.), One of our kids said it would be ‘kicky’ to have one of those ‘blow-up’ chairs. 1970J. G. Vermandel Dine with Devil i. 5 Yes, all right, let's do the kicky stuff first and then try some high fashion. 1972M. J. Bosse Incident at Naha i. 60 At first impressed, she seemed doubtful after I had unloaded our theories. ‘It's kicky and all..but where's it lead to?’ 1973Time (Canada ed.) 25 June 8/1 The designs are variously casual, racy, sporty—or kicky, trendy and funky. |