kick ass

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kick ass

  • /kɪk æs/ US
  • [kʰɪk æs] US

verb kicks ass · kicking ass · kicked ass · kick arse

  1. Canada, US, colloquial, idiomatic, vulgar To win decisively. Did you win? We didn't just win, we kicked ass.

    Similar: kick butt

  2. Canada, US, colloquial, idiomatic, stative, vulgar To be very impressive. The soundtrack to this film really kicks ass!

    Similar: rock, rule, bang, devour, eat, eat and leave no crumbs, excel, go hard, kick, kick ass, shine, slap

  3. ambitransitive, informal, vulgar To beat to a pulp; beat up I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass. And I'm all out of bubblegum.

    Similar: kick butt, put foot to ass

interjection kick arse

  1. slang, sometimes, vulgar Used to express happiness or a feeling of accomplishment. Kick ass! I just got my friend to stop playing that stupid song!

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verb to be very impressive

한국어대단한 daedanhan
日本語すごい sugoi, すさまじい susamajii, ものすごい monosugoi
中文厲害 /厉害 lìhài, lìhai, 牛屄 niúbī
Françaiscartonner, déchirer
Italianospaccare
Русскийпоказа́ть, на что ты спосо́бен/спосо́бна pokazátʹ, na što ty sposóben/sposóbna, впечатли́ть vpečatlítʹ, рули́ть rulítʹ, зажига́ть zažigátʹ, быть кла́ссным bytʹ klássnym, быть охуи́тельным bytʹ oxuítelʹnym

verb to beat someone at something

Españolpatear traseros
Русскийпобеди́ть pobedítʹ, поби́ть pobítʹ, надра́ть за́дницу nadrátʹ zádnicu, наваля́ть navaljátʹ, отлупи́ть otlupítʹ, дать дрозда́ datʹ drozdá

verb to beat someone in a fight

Portuguêscagar a pau
Françaisbotter le cul, défoncer, tabasser
Русскийпоби́ть pobítʹ, наваля́ть navaljátʹ, наве́шать navéšatʹ, зада́ть жа́ру zadátʹ žáru, надра́ть за́дницу nadrátʹ zádnicu, поколоти́ть pokolotítʹ

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@misc{kick_ass_2026,
  title = {kick ass},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/kick%20ass},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}