"kick butt" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-kick butt.ogg [Australia] Forms: kicks butt [present, singular, third-person], kicking butt [participle, present], kicked butt [participle, past], kicked butt [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} kick butt (third-person singular simple present kicks butt, present participle kicking butt, simple past and past participle kicked butt)
  1. (stative, slang, idiomatic) To be impressive; to be decisively good or pleasant. Tags: idiomatic, slang, stative Synonyms: rock, rule, kick ass [Canada, US] Related terms: get one's butt kicked
    Sense id: en-kick_butt-en-verb-2JAJNGmm Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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