kicky

[kik-ee]

adjective, kick·i·er, kick·i·est. Slang.

pleasurably amusing or exciting: a kicky tune.

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Origin of kicky

First recorded in 1780–90; kick + -y¹

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Examples from the Web for kicky

Contemporary Examples of kicky

There was the pool shaped like a piano, and the lake out back with the Jet Ski, a sort of kicky little snowmobile for the water.
The Strange and Mysterious Death of Mrs. Jerry Lee Lewis
Richard Ben Cramer
January 11, 2014
The woman, dressed in a kicky red knit frock, practiced the line in front of her cameraman, over and over.
Carrie Bradshaw and Me
Rebecca Dana
August 5, 2009

Historical Examples of kicky

They called him "Mannekin" (little man), and that he converted into "Kicky."
In Bohemia with Du Maurier
Felix Moscheles

Word Origin and History for kicky

adj.

1790, "clever; showy, gaudy," from kick (n.) + -y (2). Meaning "full of thrills, providing kicks" is from 1968.

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