kick around

1. 1.

   be around; be alive or active

   “Does the old man still kick around?”

   Synonymsknock aboutkick about

   Broaderexist
2. 2.

   treat badly; abuse

   “They won't have me to kick around any more!”

   Broadermistreat
3. 3.

   discuss lightly

   “We bandied around these difficult questions”

   Synonymsbandy

   Broaderhash out

Questions about kick around

What does kick around mean?

kick around means "be around; be alive or active". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for kick around?

Close synonyms include knock about, kick about, bandy. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is kick around a common word?

kick around is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.