ass-kicking

A form of ass kicking — A beating, sometimes prearranged.

Meanings

nounass-kicking (plural ass-kickings)

plural ass-kickings

  1. alternativeAlternative form of ass kicking.

    When Wade first crosses paths with Art3mis (Olivia Cooke), the ass-kicking fellow “gunter” (or egg hunter) with whom he becomes infatuated, the pair’s meet cute is predicated on the swapping of favorite pop-culture quotes.

    2018 March 26, A. A. Dowd, “Steven Spielberg Finds Fun, and maybe even a Soul, in the Pandering Pastiche of Ready Player One”, in The A.V. Club, archived from the original on 31 May 2018
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APA

ass-kicking. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ass-kicking

MLA

“ass-kicking.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ass-kicking. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ass-kicking,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ass-kicking.

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