| kick the bucket |
(slang, sometimes offensive) of a person, to die. |
| kick the habit |
to rid oneself of an addiction. |
| kickup |
(informal) a noisy quarrel or disturbance; fuss. |
| kick up one's heels |
to have a merry time, as in celebration. |
| kick upstairs |
(informal) to promote (someone) to a seemingly higher-level job having less responsibility, so as to both flatter and dispose of this person. |
| kid1 |
(informal) a child or young person. [3 definitions] |
| kid2 |
(informal) to tease or joke. [3 definitions] |
| Kiddush |
(Hebrew) a prayer recited over wine and bread on the eve of a Sabbath or a festival. |
| kiddy |
(informal) a child. |
| kid gloves |
soft, smooth gloves made of kidskin. |
| kidnap |
to capture and hold (someone) hostage until specified demands, as for money, are met. |
| kidney |
either of a pair of organs located high in the abdominal cavity near the spine which extract waste products from the blood and excrete them in urine. [2 definitions] |
| kidney bean |
a common garden bean cultivated for its red, edible seed, or the kidney-shaped seed itself. |
| kidney stone |
an abnormal mass of hard mineral deposits that forms in the kidney. |
| kidskin |
soft leather made from the skins of young goats. |
| Kiehtan |
the Creator, according to Wampanoag beliefs. |
| kielbasa |
a smoked Polish sausage, flavored with garlic and other seasonings. |
| kieselguhr |
diatomaceous earth. |
| Kiev |
former English spelling of the capital of Ukraine, now Kyiv. |
| Kigali |
the capital of Rwanda. |
| kike |
(offensive slang) a Jewish person. |