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say it: KIK-ing
kicking is a noun meaning "a rhythmic thrusting movement of the legs as in swimming or calisthenics". It is pronounced /ˈkɪkɪŋ/ — KIK-ing. It carries 2 recorded senses.
a rhythmic thrusting movement of the legs as in swimming or calisthenics
“the kick must be synchronized with the arm movements”
“the swimmer's kicking left a wake behind him”
the act of delivering a blow with the foot
“he gave the ball a powerful kick”
“the team's kicking was excellent”
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for kicking come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.