kick vs tang

kick

noun
  • Something that tickles the fancy; something fun or amusing. 

  • Any bucking motion of an object that lacks legs or feet. 

  • A pass played by kicking with the foot. 

  • The recoil of a gun. 

  • Synonym of kicker (“backlight positioned at an angle”) 

  • A hit or strike with the leg, foot or knee. 

  • The removal of a person from an online activity. 

  • A stimulation provided by an intoxicating substance. 

  • The distance traveled by kicking the ball. 

  • Piquancy. 

  • A pocket. 

  • The action of swinging a foot or leg. 

  • An increase in speed in the final part of a running race. 

verb
  • To direct to a particular place by a blow with the foot or leg. 

  • To recoil; to push by recoiling. 

  • To be emphatically excellent. 

  • To make a sharp jerking movement of the leg, as to strike something. 

  • To show opposition or resistance. 

  • To overcome (a bothersome or difficult issue or obstacle); to free oneself of (a problem). 

  • To reset (a watchdog timer). 

  • To accelerate quickly with a few pedal strokes in an effort to break away from other riders. 

  • To eject summarily. 

  • To reproach oneself for making a mistake or missing an opportunity. 

  • To strike or hit with the foot or other extremity of the leg. 

  • To attack (a piece) in order to force it to move. 

  • To move or push suddenly and violently. 

  • To die. 

  • To forcibly remove a participant from an online activity. 

  • To work a press by impact of the foot on a treadle. 

tang

noun
  • A sharp, specific flavor or tinge. 

  • A strong or offensive taste; especially, a taste of something extraneous to the thing itself. 

  • A sharp, twanging sound; an unpleasant tone; a twang. 

  • A projecting part of an object by means of which it is secured to a handle, or to some other part. 

  • Any of a group of saltwater fish from the family Acanthuridae, especially the genus Zebrasoma. 

  • sexual intercourse with a woman 

  • knotted wrack, Ascophyllum nodosum (coarse blackish seaweed) 

  • The vagina. 

  • A refreshingly sharp aroma or flavor. 

  • The part of a sword blade to which the handle is fastened. 

  • A shuffleboard paddle. 

  • The projecting part of the breech of a musket barrel, by which the barrel is secured to the stock. 

  • Anything resembling a tongue in form or position such as the tongue of a buckle. 

  • The part of a knife, fork, file, or other small instrument, which is inserted into the handle. 

verb
  • To make a ringing sound; to ring. 

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