kick it

verb

kicked it; kicking it; kicks it

intransitive verb

1

informal : to spend time relaxing or socializing : hang out

… my fellow students, don't feel bad for … prioritizing time to kick it with your friends!

—Alycia Kamil

She [Gabourey Sidibe] drew big laughs … when she hosted "Saturday Night Live," this past weekend, kicking it with funny guys Kenan Thompson and Andy Samberg.

—Bobbi Misck

Note: Usage of this sense originated in African American English and has since become widespread.

2

informal

a

: to cease living : die sense 1

kicked it at the age of 96

b

: to stop functioning

… she was out car shopping because her old beater finally kicked it.

—Timothy Leon Taylor

see kick the bucket

Examples of kick it in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The kickoff strategy was largely to kick it through the end zone for touchbacks and limit how much the coverage team had to do. — David Furones, Sun Sentinel, 29 Oct. 2026

Now specialists because of the wind factor get a chance to kick it at both field goals and kind of punt from both sides of the field. — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 28 Oct. 2026

The buzzy Canadian singer kicks it off next February in Berlin before crossing the rest of Europe then heading back to North America for a round of Canadian and West Coast dates. — Alex Suskind, Pitchfork, 26 Oct. 2026

The chapter opens with these boys finding this bundle of rags and using it as a football and kicking it around. — ArsTechnica, 26 Oct. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1890, in the meaning defined at sense 2

Rhymes for kick it

• acquit
• admit
• armpit
• backlit
• befit
• cockpit
• commit
• dalit
• dendrite
• emit
• illite
• misfit