Kick-off - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|kɪk|
Brit.
|ˈkɪkɒf|
verb
- (intransitive) To make the first kick in a game or part of a game.
The players kick off for the third quarter and the clock starts.
- (idiomatic, intransitive) To start; to launch.Let's kick off this project with a planning meeting.
- To dismiss; to expel; to remove from a position.I got kicked off the team after a string of poor performances
- (idiomatic, colloquial, euphemistic) To die or quit permanently.It's a wonder that old dog hasn't kicked off yet.
- (idiomatic) To shut down or turn off suddenly.The washer was working fine until it kicked off in the middle of a cycle.
- (US, idiomatic, ranching, slang) To force the weaning of a bovine cow's calf by restricting the calf's access to its mother's udders. Used figuratively or literally.A week after we kicked off her calf that cow was still bawling.
- (UK, idiomatic, colloquial) To be overcome with anger, to start an argument or a fight.When she called him a drunk, it was the last straw. He just kicked off.
noun
- (soccer) the opening kick of each half of a game of football.
- (by extension) the opening sequence of any event
- (by extension) the opening sequence of any event
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Right from the kick-off, the Scottish forwards tore into their opposite numbers.
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