英语词汇“kick around”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

1

as in to debate

to give serious and careful thought to the board spent the afternoon kicking around the feasibility of opening an overseas office

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debate
entertain
contemplate
study
ponder
consider
chew over
chew on
question
eye
look at
explore
weigh
review
perpend
deliberate
analyze
wrestle (with)
mull (over)
meditate
ruminate
cogitate
pore (over)
revolve
think (about or over)
beat one's brains out (about)
turn
cudgel one's brains (about)
digest
muse (upon)
reason
reminisce
believe
obsess (about or over)
fixate (on or upon)
reflect (on or upon)
conclude
dwell (on or upon)
brood (about or over)
speculate (about)
fret (about or over)
drink (in)
conceive
absorb
opine
assimilate
second-guess

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

ignore
disregard
overlook
slight
reject
dismiss
pooh
pooh-pooh

2

as in to fool around

to spend time in aimless activity I really can't do much but kick around at work until I get the rest of the submissions

Synonyms & Similar Words

fool around
play
fribble
mess around
hang about
goof (around)
fiddle (around)
doodle
putter (around)
potter (around)
horse around
trifle
monkey (around)
lounge
idle
hang (around or out)
loaf
dawdle
dillydally
clown (around)
tinker
loll
dally
diddle (with)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

settle (down)
set (to)
buckle (down)
knuckle down

3

as in to kill time

to spend time doing nothing spent the afternoon kicking around, while his wife bought out the mall

Synonyms & Similar Words

kill time
kick back
hang about
lazy
rest
lounge
veg out
bum
play
chill
idle
hang (around or out)
relax
hack (around)
goof (off)
loaf
footle
stroll
twiddle one's thumbs
drone
poke
muck
mess
laze
dawdle
dillydally
estivate
loll
monkey
dally
fool
fiddle (around)
linger
putter (around)
potter (around)
trifle
piddle
hibernate
swan
lag
saunter
doze
loiter
amble
mosey
aestivate
goldbrick
truant
furlough
tarry
malinger

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

work
slave
labor
plow
buckle (down)
plug
grind
hustle
toil
sweat
hump
peg
grub
apply
plod
put out
travail
exert
drudge
moil

4

as in to roam

to move about from place to place aimlessly after spending a year in Europe kicking around, the backpacker was ready to return home

Synonyms & Similar Words

roam
wander
drift
stroll
cruise
float
knock (about)
range
traipse
meander
rove
bat
galavant
gad (about)
mooch
ramble
saunter
maunder
gallivant
mill (about or around)
amble
gypsy
vagabond
hobo
dawdle
tramp
mope
straggle
stray

5

as in to abuse

to inflict physical or emotional harm upon children who were raised by an alcoholic father who regularly kicked them around

Synonyms & Similar Words

abuse
bully
mess over
take apart
torture
violate
misuse
hurt
injure
oppress
mistreat
manhandle
brutalize
persecute
maltreat
mishandle
outrage
ill-use
harm
torment
ill-treat
harass
wrong
molest
victimize
work (over)
sandbag
beat (up)
burn
rough (up)
mess (up)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

care (for)
foster
cherish
nurture
cater (to)
baby
favor
indulge
gratify
spoil
humor
pamper
coddle
mollycoddle

单词	kick around
释义	kick around verb kicked around; kicking around; kicks around intransitive verb 1 : to wander or pass time aimlessly 2 a : to lie about mostly unnoticed or forgotten b : to undergo consideration usually intermittently over a period of time ideas that have been kicking around for years transitive verb 1 : to treat in an inconsiderate or high-handed fashion 2 : to consider, examine, or discuss from various angles Synonyms chew over cogitate consider contemplate debate deliberate entertain eye meditate mull (over) perpend ponder pore (over) question revolve ruminate study think (about or over) turn weigh wrestle (with) See all Synonyms & Antonyms Example Sentences the board spent the afternoon kicking around the feasibility of opening an overseas office I really can't do much but kick around at work until I get the rest of the submissions. Recent Examples on the Web Earlier this week, Sterling joined her mom at a KC Current practice, where Brittany brought her daughter onto the field to kick around a soccer ball. Georgia Slater, Peoplemag, 29 Aug. 2022 For the latter occasion, Kate wore a flowy midi dress from L.K. Bennett with a pair of lace-up espadrille wedges to kick around a soccer ball. Alex Warner, PEOPLE.com, 28 June 2022 Watch these adorable little goats bounce and kick around! Alexandra Meeks, CNN, 17 May 2022 Notice how all of the elements now appear to float in 3D space, particularly that basketball (which players can kick around). Kyle Orland, Ars Technica, 28 Feb. 2022 Notice how all of the elements now appear to float in 3D space, particularly that basketball (which players can kick around). Kyle Orland, Ars Technica, 28 Feb. 2022 Notice how all of the elements now appear to float in 3D space, particularly that basketball (which players can kick around). Kyle Orland, Ars Technica, 28 Feb. 2022 Her impact stretches from Canada to Portland to all corners of the globe where young girls kick around a soccer ball. oregonlive, 8 Apr. 2022 Notice how all of the elements now appear to float in 3D space, particularly that basketball (which players can kick around). Kyle Orland, Ars Technica, 28 Feb. 2022 See More Word History First Known Use 1839, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1 kick around verb 1 as in to debate to give serious and careful thought to the board spent the afternoon kicking around the feasibility of opening an overseas office Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance debate entertain contemplate study ponder consider chew over chew on question eye look at explore weigh review perpend deliberate analyze wrestle (with) mull (over) meditate ruminate cogitate pore (over) revolve think (about or over) beat one's brains out (about) turn cudgel one's brains (about) digest muse (upon) reason reminisce believe obsess (about or over) fixate (on or upon) reflect (on or upon) conclude dwell (on or upon) brood (about or over) speculate (about) fret (about or over) drink (in) conceive absorb opine assimilate second-guess Antonyms & Near Antonyms ignore disregard overlook slight reject dismiss pooh pooh-pooh See More 2 as in to fool around to spend time in aimless activity I really can't do much but kick around at work until I get the rest of the submissions Synonyms & Similar Words fool around play fribble mess around hang about goof (around) fiddle (around) doodle putter (around) potter (around) horse around trifle monkey (around) lounge idle hang (around or out) loaf dawdle dillydally clown (around) tinker loll dally diddle (with) Antonyms & Near Antonyms settle (down) set (to) buckle (down) knuckle down 3 as in to kill time to spend time doing nothing spent the afternoon kicking around, while his wife bought out the mall Synonyms & Similar Words kill time kick back hang about lazy rest lounge veg out bum play chill idle hang (around or out) relax hack (around) goof (off) loaf footle stroll twiddle one's thumbs drone poke muck mess laze dawdle dillydally estivate loll monkey dally fool fiddle (around) linger putter (around) potter (around) trifle piddle hibernate swan lag saunter doze loiter amble mosey aestivate goldbrick truant furlough tarry malinger Antonyms & Near Antonyms work slave labor plow buckle (down) plug grind hustle toil sweat hump peg grub apply plod put out travail exert drudge moil See More 4 as in to roam to move about from place to place aimlessly after spending a year in Europe kicking around, the backpacker was ready to return home Synonyms & Similar Words roam wander drift stroll cruise float knock (about) range traipse meander rove bat galavant gad (about) mooch ramble saunter maunder gallivant mill (about or around) amble gypsy vagabond hobo dawdle tramp mope straggle stray 5 as in to abuse to inflict physical or emotional harm upon children who were raised by an alcoholic father who regularly kicked them around Synonyms & Similar Words abuse bully mess over take apart torture violate misuse hurt injure oppress mistreat manhandle brutalize persecute maltreat mishandle outrage ill-use harm torment ill-treat harass wrong molest victimize work (over) sandbag beat (up) burn rough (up) mess (up) Antonyms & Near Antonyms care (for) foster cherish nurture cater (to) baby favor indulge gratify spoil humor pamper coddle mollycoddle See More
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