Meanings
present singular third person kicks out · participle present kicking out · participle past kicked out · past kicked out
- idiomatictransitiveTo eject, dismiss, expel, or forcefully remove (someone or something).
I got kicked out for eating inside.
3 more examples
They will kick out a disruptive patron.
I've used her password before to get info for Abe Caldwell. But this time I barely finished downloading when the server kicked me out and wouldn't let me log in again.
2011, Cate Noble, Deadly GamesCharybdis Point House Rules[…] 5. We hold the right to kick your ass out at any time.
2017, BioWare, Mass Effect: Andromeda (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC, scene: Rules and RegulationsSynonyms: boot out
- idiomaticintransitiveTo stop, stall, or disconnect suddenly.
I was driving and the motor just kicked out.
- hobbiesTo perform a kickout.
- USslangTo improvise music.
Synonyms & antonyms
verbTo eject, dismiss, expel, or forcefully remove (someone or something).
More synonyms by meaning
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Bulgarian изритвам, изхвърлям
- изритвам (izritvam)eject, throw out, or forcefully remove
- изхвърлям (izhvărljam)eject, throw out, or forcefully remove
Chinese Cantonese 趕走 /赶走
- 趕走 /赶走 (gon² zau²)eject, throw out, or forcefully remove
Chinese Mandarin 趕走 /赶走
- 趕走 /赶走 (gǎnzǒu)eject, throw out, or forcefully remove
Dutch eruit trappen, er de brui aan geven
- eruit trappeneject, throw out, or forcefully remove
- er de brui aan gevenstop, stall, or disconnect suddenly
Finnish heittää ulos, pysähtyä
- heittää uloseject, throw out, or forcefully remove
- pysähtyästop, stall, or disconnect suddenly
French foutre dehors, mettre à la porte
- foutre dehorseject, throw out, or forcefully remove
- mettre à la porteeject, throw out, or forcefully remove
- câlisser dehorseject, throw out, or forcefully remove
- crisser dehorseject, throw out, or forcefully remove
German rauswerfen, rausschmeißen
- rauswerfeneject, throw out, or forcefully remove
- rausschmeißeneject, throw out, or forcefully remove
Greek βγάζω
- βγάζω (vgázo)eject, throw out, or forcefully remove
Italian cacciare via in malo modo
- cacciare via in malo modoeject, throw out, or forcefully remove
Japanese 追い出す
- 追い出す (oidasu)eject, throw out, or forcefully remove
Portuguese expulsar
- expulsareject, throw out, or forcefully remove
Romanian da afară
- da afarăeject, throw out, or forcefully remove
Russian вышвы́ривать, вы́швырнуть
- вышвы́ривать (vyšvýrivatʹ)eject, throw out, or forcefully remove
- вы́швырнуть (výšvyrnutʹ)eject, throw out, or forcefully remove
- выгоня́ть пинка́ми (vygonjátʹ pinkámi)eject, throw out, or forcefully remove
- вы́гнать пинка́ми (výgnatʹ pinkámi)eject, throw out, or forcefully remove
Spanish echar, poner de patitas en la calle
- echareject, throw out, or forcefully remove
- poner de patitas en la calleeject, throw out, or forcefully remove
- botareject, throw out, or forcefully remove
Turkish kapı dışarı etmek, kapının önüne koymak
- kapı dışarı etmekeject, throw out, or forcefully remove
- kapının önüne koymakeject, throw out, or forcefully remove
Cite this entry
kick out. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kick%20out
“kick out.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kick%20out. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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