Meanings
present singular third person kicks ass · participle present kicking ass · participle past kicked ass · past kicked ass · alternative Commonwealth Ireland UK kick arse
- CanadaUScolloquialidiomaticvulgarTo win decisively.
Did you win? We didn't just win, we kicked ass.
Synonyms: kick butt
- CanadaUScolloquialidiomaticstativevulgarTo be very impressive.
The soundtrack to this film really kicks ass!
Synonyms: rock, rule, bang, devour, eat, eat and leave no crumbs, excel, go hard
- ambitransitiveinformalvulgarTo beat to a pulp; beat up
I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass. And I'm all out of bubblegum.
1988, Roddy Piper, “John Nada”, in They Live1 more example
Whoa... it's like a postcard! 'Dear Sarge: kicking ass in outer space, wish you were here.'
2004 November 9, Bungie, Halo 2, spoken by Chips Dubbo (Andrew McKaige), Microsoft Game Studios, Xbox, level/area: Delta HaloSynonyms: kick butt, put foot to ass
alternative Commonwealth Ireland UK kick arse
- slangsometimesvulgarUsed to express happiness or a feeling of accomplishment.
Kick ass! I just got my friend to stop playing that stupid song!
Synonyms & antonyms
verbTo win decisively.
verbTo be very impressive.
verbTo beat to a pulp; beat up
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 厲害 /厉害, 牛屄
- 厲害 /厉害 (lìhài, lìhai)to be very impressive
- 牛屄 (niúbī)to be very impressive
Finnish piestä, löylyttää
- piestäto be very impressive
- löylyttääto be very impressive
- voittaato beat someone at something
- päihittääto beat someone at something
- piestäto beat someone in a fight
- löylyttääto beat someone in a fight
French cartonner, déchirer
- cartonnerto be very impressive
- déchirerto be very impressive
- botter le culto beat someone in a fight
- défoncerto beat someone in a fight
- tabasserto beat someone in a fight
Italian spaccare
- spaccareto be very impressive
Japanese すごい, すさまじい
- すごい (sugoi)to be very impressive
- すさまじい (susamajii)to be very impressive
- ものすごい (monosugoi)to be very impressive
Korean 대단한
- 대단한 (daedanhan)to be very impressive
Polish zwyciężyć, pobić
- zwyciężyćto beat someone in a fight
- pobićto beat someone in a fight
- zbićto beat someone in a fight
- spuścić wpierdolto beat someone in a fight
- wpierdolićto beat someone in a fight
- spuścić mantoto beat someone in a fight
- wpieprzyćto beat someone in a fight
- rozjebaćto beat someone in a fight
- wjebaćto beat someone in a fight
- załatwićto beat someone in a fight
- zmiażdżyćto beat someone in a fight
- rozłożyć na łopatkito beat someone in a fight
Portuguese cagar a pau
- cagar a pauto beat someone in a fight
Russian показа́ть, на что ты спосо́бен/спосо́бна, впечатли́ть
- показа́ть, на что ты спосо́бен/спосо́бна (pokazátʹ, na što ty sposóben/sposóbna)to be very impressive
- впечатли́ть (vpečatlítʹ)to be very impressive
- рули́ть (rulítʹ)to be very impressive
- зажига́ть (zažigátʹ)to be very impressive
- быть кла́ссным (bytʹ klássnym)to be very impressive
- быть охуи́тельным (bytʹ oxuítelʹnym)to be very impressive
- быть охуе́нным (bytʹ oxujénnym)to be very impressive
- быть невъебе́нным (bytʹ nevʺjebénnym)to be very impressive
- победи́ть (pobedítʹ)to beat someone at something
- поби́ть (pobítʹ)to beat someone at something
- надра́ть за́дницу (nadrátʹ zádnicu)to beat someone at something
- наваля́ть (navaljátʹ)to beat someone at something
Spanish patear traseros
- patear traserosto beat someone at something
Cite this entry
kick ass. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kick%20ass
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