"kicky" meaning in English

See kicky in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈkɪkiː/ [Australia] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-kicky.wav [Southern-England] Forms: kickier [comparative], kickiest [superlative]
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  1. Lively, exciting, thrilling.
    Sense id: en-kicky-en-adj-ZHBZphXc Categories (other): English entries referencing missing etymons, English entries with etymon, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Pages with etymology trees, Pages with etymon Disambiguation of English entries referencing missing etymons: 20 36 44 Disambiguation of English entries with etymon: 19 36 45 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 29 34 37 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 17 43 40 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 25 38 37 Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 41 29 30 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 42 29 29
  2. Characterised by kicking motions.
    Sense id: en-kicky-en-adj-2BHZ0~9l Categories (other): English entries referencing missing etymons, English entries with etymon, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries referencing missing etymons: 20 36 44 Disambiguation of English entries with etymon: 19 36 45 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 29 34 37 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 17 43 40 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 25 38 37
  3. (cricket) Describing a wicket that sometimes causes the ball to kick (bounce unevenly).
    Sense id: en-kicky-en-adj-vOtpRmci Categories (other): Cricket, English entries referencing missing etymons, English entries with etymology texts, English entries with etymology trees, English entries with etymon, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -y (adjectival), Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries referencing missing etymons: 20 36 44 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology texts: 20 36 45 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology trees: 20 36 45 Disambiguation of English entries with etymon: 19 36 45 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 9 38 53 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -y (adjectival): 33 26 41 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 29 34 37 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 17 43 40 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 25 38 37 Topics: ball-games, cricket, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: kickiness Related terms: kicky-wicky

Inflected forms

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