kick-step
English
noun
Definitions
- (dance) A dance move in which the dancer first kicks a foot in the air in front of the opposite leg (often while bending the knee slightly on that leg) and then puts the foot down shifting balance on to it.
- A hiking technique for managing loose soil where the hiker first aggressively kicks the ground, digging a foothold, before shifting weight onto the foot.
Etymology
Compound from English kick (eject from an internet forum) + English step (footrest on a bicycle).
Origin
English
step
Gloss
footrest on a bicycle
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Eurostep English
- antikick English
- autokick English
- backstep English
- bestep English
- between-step English
- bootstep English
- box kick English
- catstep English
- clownstep English
- corbiestep English
- counterstep English
- cross-kick English
- crosskick English
- crowstep English
- doorstep English
- downstep English
- dropkick English
- eigenstep English
- footstep English
- forestep English
- hardstep English
- interstep English
- kick English
- kick start English
- kickability English
- kickable English
- kickabout English
- kickaround English
- kickathon English
- kickback English
- kickball English
- kickban English
- kickboard English
- kickbox English
- kickdown English
- kickdrum English
- kickee English
- kicker English
- kickest English
- kicketh English
- kickflip English
- kickless English
- kickline English
- kickover English
- kickplate English
- kickscooter English
- kicksled English
- kicksorter English
- kickstand English
- kickstool English
- kicktail English
- kickwriting English
- kicky English
- lockstep English
- macrostep English
- metastep English
- microstep English
- midstep English
- miskick English
- misstep English
- multistep English
- outkick English
- outstep English
- overstep English
- pawstep English
- placekick English
- quickstep English
- rekick English
- sidekick English
- sidestep English
- smoothstep English
- stairstep English
- step English
- step dance English
- step stool English
- step-free English
- stepback English
- stepchair English
- stepdancer English
- stepdown English
- steplength English
- stepless English
- steplike English
- steply English
- stepmeal English
- stepover English
- steppable English
- steppage English
- stepper English
- steppest English
- steppeth English
- stepping English
- stepside English
- stepsize English
- stepstone English
- stepstool English
- stepwell English
- stepwise English
- stepwork English
- substep English
- superkick English
- techstep English
- timestep English
- understep English
- unstep English
- upstep English
- Kick German
- kick Dutch, Flemish
- kicken Dutch, Flemish
- step Dutch, Flemish
- kicka Swedish
- kickboxing Japanese
- kiken Middle English
- steppen Middle English
- cic Irish
- kikna Old Norse
- step Indonesian
- cic Welsh
- cicio Welsh
- kick
- step
- kicky
- unstep
- upstep
- kicker
- bestep
- rekick
- steply
- kickee
- pawstep
- kicketh
- miskick
- kickban
- misstep
- substep
- outstep
- catstep
- stepper
- kickest
- kickbox
- midstep
- outkick
- backstep
- autokick
- steppest
- steppage
- kickback
- stepwise
- dropkick
- kickdrum
- kickflip
- sidekick
- overstep
- antikick
- stepwell
- bootstep
- stepover
- kickless
- steplike
- kickable
- kickball
- stepwork
- downstep
- kicksled
- steppeth
- stepdown
- kickline
- timestep
- metastep
- sidestep
- crowstep
- kickover
- stepless
- lockstep
- forestep
- kicktail
- hardstep
- techstep
- box kick
- stepping
- footstep
- stepback
- kickdown
- doorstep
- stepside
- stepmeal
- stepsize
- Eurostep
- steppable
- macrostep
- stepstool
- kickabout
- kickboard
- stepchair
- superkick
- quickstep
- clownstep
- placekick
- kickathon
- stepstone
- kickstand
- eigenstep
- understep
- stairstep
- microstep
- multistep
- kickplate
- crosskick
- kickstool
- interstep
- step-free
- step stool
- stepdancer
- corbiestep
- smoothstep
- kick start
- cross-kick
- kickaround
- step dance
- steplength
- kicksorter
- kickscooter
- kickability
- counterstep
- kickwriting
- between-step