kicky
[kik-ee]
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adjective, kick·i·er, kick·i·est. Slang.
pleasurably amusing or exciting: a kicky tune.
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Nearby words
- kicksie-wicksie,
- kicksorter,
- kickstand,
- kickup,
- kickwheel,
- kid,
- kid around,
- kid glove,
- kid gloves,
- kid stuff
Origin of kicky
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Examples from the Web for 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|DAILY BEASTThe woman, dressed in a kicky red knit frock, practiced the line in front of her cameraman, over and over.
They called him "Mannekin" (little man), and that he converted into "Kicky."
In Bohemia with Du Maurier|Felix Moscheles
kicky
1790, "clever; showy, gaudy," from kick (n.) + -y (2). Meaning "full of thrills, providing kicks" is from 1968.
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