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单词 kickaround
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kickaroundn.

Brit. /ˈkɪkəraʊnd/, U.S. /ˈkɪkəˌraʊnd/
Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: to kick around.
Etymology: < to kick around (see to kick about or around at kick v.1 Phrasal verbs).
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.
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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.
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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).
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