You can overdose on coffee if you drink about 30 cups in a brief period to get close to a lethal dosage of caffeine.
kicked
simple past tense and past participle of kick
kicked (not generally comparable, comparative more kicked, superlative most kicked)
(slang, smoking, of a pipe) Empty with nothing left to smoke but ash.
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Kick, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Kicred; p. pr. & vb. n. Kicking.] Etym: [W. cicio, fr. cic foot.]
Definition: To strike, thrust, or hit violently with the foot; as, a horse kicks a groom; a man kicks a dog. He [Frederick the Great] kicked the shins of his judges. Macaulay. To kick the beam, to fit up and strike the beam; -- said of the lighter arm of a loaded balance; hence, to be found wanting in weight. Milton.
– To kick the bucket, to lose one's life; to die. [Colloq. & Low]
Kick, v. i.
1. To thrust out the foot or feet with violence; to strike out with the foot or feet, as in defense or in bad temper; esp., to strike backward, as a horse does, or to have a habit of doing so. Hence, figuratively: To show ugly resistance, opposition, or hostility; to spurn. I should kick, being kicked. Shak.
2. To recoil; -- said of a musket, cannon, etc.
Kick, n.
1. A blow with the foot or feet; a striking or thrust with the foot. A kick, that scarce would more a horse, May kill a sound divine. Cowper.
2. The projection on the tang of the blade of a pocket knife, which prevents the edge of the blade from striking the spring. See Illust. of Pocketknife.
3. (Brickmaking)
Definition: A projection in a mold, to form a depression in the surface of the brick.
4. The recoil of a musket or other firearm, when discharged.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
25 December 2024
(adjective) having or exhibiting a single clearly defined meaning; “As a horror, apartheid...is absolutely unambiguous”- Mario Vargas Llosa
You can overdose on coffee if you drink about 30 cups in a brief period to get close to a lethal dosage of caffeine.