Kick \Kick\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Kicred; p. pr. & vb. n. Kicking.]

[W. cicio, fr. cic foot.]

To strike, thrust, or hit violently with the foot; as, a horse kicks a groom; a man kicks a dog.

He [Frederick the Great] kicked the shins of his judges. --Macaulay.

To kick the beam, to fit up and strike the beam; -- said of the lighter arm of a loaded balance; hence, to be found wanting in weight. --Milton.

To kick the bucket, to lose one's life; to die. [Colloq. & Low]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)