单词 | kickaround |
释义 | kickaroundn. colloquial. 1. The action or an act of kicking something or someone around (in any of various senses).Now chiefly with overtones of sense 2. ΚΠ 1918 Locomotive Engineers Jrnl. Oct. 886/2 If General Order No. 42 does not invert the principles enunciated by the President, and is not a ‘kick around’ we must have lost our analytical sense. 1943 Decisions & Orders N.Y. State Labor Relations Board 6 861 I said, ‘This is another kickaround... The Trustees of the Board..can't make up their minds.’ 1982 Film Comment Sept. 23/1 Lola is certainly the most sourly funny of Fassinder's four films... The dialogue is a constant kick-around of sexual cynicism. 2005 News of World (Nexis) 14 Aug. Croke Park will host a ‘spiritual’ kickaround next month...They will discuss the future of religion in the EU in a debate. 2. Chiefly British. An informal game of football. Cf. kick-about n. at kick v.1 Compounds. ΚΠ 1961 J. Hunter Sun in Morning i. 52 ‘We're 'avin' a kickaround over t'road, Joe,’ he said awkwardly. 1978 A. Bellg Tactical Soccer for Players & Coaches iii. 28 Is it an informal kickaround with some friends, or is a national championship on the line? 1986 Times 15 Sept. 29/2 From the moment Tony Galvin..put his back into spasm during the pre-match kick-around, Tottenham Hotspur should have known it was not going to be their day. 1998 Sported! 12 Mar. 17/1 We haven't had any kickarounds... There has been plenty of lounging by the pool, however! 2013 FourFourTwo Feb. 93/1 We invited him to join our regular Thursday night kickaround in Regent's Park. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1918 |
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