Meanings
nounkickstand (plural kickstands)
plural kickstands
- A levered bar that can be folded down from the frame of a bicycle or motorcycle to prop it upright when not being ridden.
- A folding bar to prop up a mobile phone, tablet or similar device when it is being used on a surface.
Origin
From kick + stand (the bar is typically kicked into place with the foot, and enables the vehicle to stand).
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Chinese Mandarin 腳撐 /脚撑, 支架
- 腳撐 /脚撑 (jiǎochēng)levered bar of a bicycle or motorcycle
- 支架 (zhījià)folding bar to prop up a mobile phone
Dutch standaard
- standaardlevered bar of a bicycle or motorcycle
Esperanto apogstangilo
- apogstangilolevered bar of a bicycle or motorcycle
Finnish jalkatuki, jalka
- jalkatukilevered bar of a bicycle or motorcycle
- jalkalevered bar of a bicycle or motorcycle
- seisontatukilevered bar of a bicycle or motorcycle
French béquille
- béquillelevered bar of a bicycle or motorcycle
German Fahrradständer, Ständer
- Fahrradständerlevered bar of a bicycle or motorcycle
- Ständerlevered bar of a bicycle or motorcycle
- Ständerfolding bar to prop up a mobile phone
Italian predellino, cavalletto
- predellinolevered bar of a bicycle or motorcycle
- cavallettolevered bar of a bicycle or motorcycle
Malay tongkat
- tongkatlevered bar of a bicycle or motorcycle
Norwegian Bokmål støtte
- støttelevered bar of a bicycle or motorcycle
Russian подно́жка, сто́йка
- подно́жка (podnóžka)levered bar of a bicycle or motorcycle
- сто́йка (stójka)levered bar of a bicycle or motorcycle
Spanish pata de cabra, pata
- pata de cabralevered bar of a bicycle or motorcycle
- patalevered bar of a bicycle or motorcycle
- soportefolding bar to prop up a mobile phone
- caballetefolding bar to prop up a mobile phone
Vietnamese chân chống
- chân chốnglevered bar of a bicycle or motorcycle
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APA
kickstand. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kickstand
MLA
“kickstand.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kickstand. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “kickstand,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kickstand.
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