how to pronounce kick

/kɪk/

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kick is pronounced in one syllable

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An example use of kick in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… minister they got a kick in the teeth …”

meaning of kick

To kick means to strike with a foot.

kick frequency in english - B2 level of CEFR

the word kick occurs in english on average 23.2 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for B2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics kick can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that kick can be often used in the following areas:

1) business and work;

2) people, society, and culture;

3) transport and travel;